The Soldier, the Gaoler, the Spy and her Lover - Brossura

Parke, Simon

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ISBN 10: 191067446X ISBN 13: 9781910674468

Casa editrice: Marylebone House, 2017

Riassunto

January 30th 1649. England is not a country that wishes to execute its divinely-appointed king. Yet Charles 1 finds himself shivering on a scaffold in Whitehall, with the axe man by his side ...In this brilliantly atmospheric novel, Simon Parke explores one of the most gripping tales in English history by weaving together four coinciding stories, those of Charles, including his extraordinary year-long imprisonment on the Isle of Wight ...Robert Hammond, the poor man who found himself the king's gaoler ...Charles' remarkable mistress (written out of the records) the super-spy Jane Whorwood ...and of course, the brilliant and depressed Oliver Cromwell working through his own demons of religion, politics, love and death.

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Recensione:

''A terrific book, smart and very readable.'' --Karl French, writer and editor

''An extraordinary story has found an extraordinary storyteller. The truth of Charles I and his mistress-spy Jane Whorwood was hushed up and overlooked for centuries, but Simon Parke opens up the story so vividly that you are not only in the room, but in the heads and hearts of the characters. A wonderful, compelling read.'' --Simon Jenkins, founder and editor of Ship of Fools

L'autore:

Simon Parke has been a script writer for Spitting Image, a Sony award-winning radio writer and a weekly columnist for the Daily Mail. An Oxford graduate in history and a former priest in the Church of England, he is now CEO of the Mind Clinic and author of many books including the Abbot Peter murder mysteries, set in Seaford on the Sussex coast, where Simon now lives with the seagulls and his running shoes.

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• Editore: Marylebone House
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 191067446X
• ISBN 13: 9781910674468
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288