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A Sea of Contumely
- A Dr Webster Story
Engelsk Hardback
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A Sea of Contumely
- A Dr Webster Story
Engelsk Hardback

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Dr John Webster (1610-1682), was a defrocked cleric, Schoolmaster, alchemist, astrologer, surgeon and writer. He is at once arrogant, worldly and with a wry sense of humour. Written mainly in the first person, this historical fiction is based on his life.

While living and working in Lancashire during the early days of the English Civil War, Webster finds a fraud, perpetrated by one of the governors, in the accounts of the Grammar School at which he is the Master. The fraudster, now knighted by King Charles, becomes a sworn enemy.

Webster’s household is chased from the town after the satanic murder of his black servant and, with his enemy serving with the Royalists, he is co-opted into the Parliamentary forces as a surgeon.

With larger than life characters, murder, intrigue & betrayal, Webster, accompanied by his housekeeper’s son and a Sergeant-at-Arms takes us into the little-known battles of Lancashire and the Fylde, the story reaching its climax at the Battle of Read Bridge in April 1643, a pivotal though little known action in the Civil War in Lancashire.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
344
ISBN-13:
9781800465244
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1800465246
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Udg. Dato:
28 nov 2021
Længde:
34mm
Bredde:
245mm
Højde:
539mm
Forlag:
Troubador Publishing
Oplagsdato:
28 nov 2021
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