Gloriana's Torch - Hardcover

Finney, Patricia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312312857 ISBN 13: 9780312312855

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Preparing for the 1587 Spanish Armada, Queen's Ordnance head David Becket discovers that large quantities of gunpowder have gone missing and begins to suspect that someone is betraying the English government, a situation that haunts him with fears about what will happen if England loses. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

"One of the most extraordinary novels that I've read this year. [Finney] keeps her plot driving forward, combining terrific suspense with a kind of wild history safari... The muscular poetry of her writing lights up with the sheer glee of invention and gives readers a rare feeling of living other lives in other times." Mat Coward, MORNING STAR, 22/12/04 'an action-packed historical thriller...' WOMAN'S OWN 15/9/03 'A substantial and historically-satisfying book' tangledweb.co.uk, September 2003 'Finney takes us into the 16th century with conviction, giving us a vivid account of the sights, sounds and smells of London, Lisbon and life aboard the Spanish galleasses, while building up to a soaring denouement as the Spanish fleet makes its way towards the English Channel. A superb piece of historical writing.' GOOD BOOK GUIDE, 1 October 03 '[Finney writes] wonderfully atmospheric Elizabethan thrillers... Finney explores how very differnt England would be had the Spanish invasion succeeded' GLASGOW EVENING TIMES, 4 October 03 '... the books' language is a triumph... [Finney] is good at villains with complex motives. Her unpreparedness to compromise with her prose is yet another of her passionate intensities.' THE INDEPENDENT, lead review by Roz Kaveney, 26 November 03

Book Description:

Third in a trilogy of acclaimed historical novels set in the glorious reign of Elizabeth I.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312312857
• ISBN 13: 9780312312855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400