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Firedrake's Eye

Firedrake's Eye

by PatriciaFinney (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

    $3.44

  • Used

    Paperback 1993

    $3.78
Synopsis

London, 1583. The loyal courtier Simon Ames is viciously beaten. Is the attack random, or has Ames been the victim of a subtly treasonous act? A nonsense poem written by the lunatic Tom O'Bedlam has become a favourite of London's ballad sellers. Who has taken the meanderings of a madman so seriously and why? Following a trail of murder, treason and terror, Ames sets out to find the truth. But as he digs deeper into the human midden that is Elizabethan London, the puzzle becomes an enigma, then a riddle.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 12 Jan 1998
ISBN 10: 0753801108
ISBN 13: 9780753801109
Book Overview: To be reissued alongside the new Orion hardback, Gloriana's Torch. 2003 marks the 400th anniversary of Elizabeth's death. An exhibition marking the life and times of the Virgin Queen will appear at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich between May 1 - September 14 2003. The collection of personal items, paintings and other relics linked with the monarch is the largest ever assembled Both Firedrake's Eye and Unicorn's Blood have been optioned by the BBC and are currently being scripted 'Compulsive ... [Finney] has succeeded in conjuring up the filthy crowded splendour of 16th century London' TLS 'In the same league as Rose Tremain's Restoration and Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose' Cosmopolitan 'Historical fiction the way it should be written...A talent for writing of espionage makes her the le Carre of the 16th century' Ruth Rendell

Author Bio
Patricia Finney has been writing since she was seven. Her first novel, A SHADOW OF GULLS, was published when she was eighteen and won the David Higham Award. She has had a variety of jobs which have included editing a medical journal and newspaper journalism.