1st US, Becket and Ames 3, Gloriana's Torch by Patricia Finney (2003,HB)

Description: Gloriana's Torch David Becket and Simon Ames Elizabethan Mystery Series Book Three by Patricia Finney St. Martin's Press First American Edition Description: Hardback book published by St. Martin's Press in 2003. The copyright page states 'First U.S. Edition: November 2003' and the printing status bar is complete, making this a first printing. A sequel to Firedrake's Eye and Unicorn's Blood. From the Flaps: From the author of Firedrake's Eye and Unicorn's Blood, a brilliant novel about a chilling plan to conquer England called "The Miracle of Beauty". *** it is 1587 and the Spanish are preparing to launch the Armada, their Holy Enterprise of England, to rescue the English from heresy and kill Elizabeth, their Witch-Queen. Ex-soldier David Becket is now responsible for the Queen's Ordnance. While he struggles to deal with this tortured past and the vivid dreams of an England invaded by Spain that plague him, he discovers that large quantities of gunpowder are going astray. Can someone in the heart of the English Commonwealth be selling munitions to the Spanish? Simon Ames, Becket's old friend, has been captured by the Inquisition in Lisbon as he attempts to spy for the Queen. His wife Rebecca; a black slave, Merula; and Becket are permitted to try to rescue him on one condition - they must also infiltrate the Spanish fleet and unravel the riddle of the Miracle of Beauty. But Simon has been sentenced to forced labor as a galley slave on the Armada and, chained to an oar bench, is now bound for England. Patricia Finney's brilliant reworking of the Armada story is an imaginative tour de force. It panoramic sweep take the reader into the hearts of the Spanish and English as the two fleets maneuver and come to battle, and it shows how different England's history could have been had the Spanish landed. Thrilling, intricate, and inspiring, this is a tale of gods, of courage, of love, and, ultimately, of redemption. 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