Description
| Product ID: | 9781846970726 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Blanket of the Dark |
| Subtitle: | Authorised Edition |
| Authors: | Author: John Buchan |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. An anonymous young man’s life is about to be changed, as could the course of history. It is 1536 and powerful men reveal to Peter Pentecost that it is he, and not the tyrannical Henry VIII, who should be on the throne of England. Can they persuade him to risk everything in a treasonable rebellion against the throne?In the hands of the master thriller writer, John Buchan, the dark, dangerous days of Tudor England come alive as never before.With an introduction by Robert Hutchinson.This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society. |
| Imprint Name: | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited |
| Publisher Name: | Birlinn General |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-04-12 |