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A column of fire

Follett, Ken2017
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Young Ned Willard is coming home to Kingsbridge at Christmas as this story opens. The year 1558 will turn his life upside-down and change Europe forever. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. High principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love. Ned finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald. When Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen, all of Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country's first secret service, to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions and invasion plans. Waiting in Paris is the alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots, part of a brutally ambitious French family. Proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, she has her own supporters scheming to get rid of Elizabeth.
Main title:
A column of fire / Ken Follett.
Author:
Follett, Ken, author
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2017.
Collation:
xiii, 751 pages : map (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
The Kingsbridge novels.Map on lining papers.
ISBN:
9781447278733 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTIONF
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
2537236
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