Gloriana's Torch
Download or Read eBook Gloriana's Torch PDF written by Patricia Finney and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Patricia Finney |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 2013-09-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781466853188 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1466853182 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gloriana's Torch by : Patricia Finney
Book excerpt: The year is 1587. The Spanish are preparing to launch the Armada against the English and Queen Elizabeth. Ex-soldier David Becket, now responsible for the Queen's Ordnance discovers that large quantities of gunpowder are going astray. Can someone in the heart of the English government be selling it to the Spanish? Unaccountably he is plagued by vivid dreams of England invaded, an alternative story where the Armada is victorious. Patricia Finney's brilliant reworking of the Armada legend is an imaginative tour de force. Thrilling, intricate, and inspiring, this is a tale of courage, of love, and, ultimately, redemption
