Patricia Bernstein

Gebundenes Buch

A Noble Cunning

The Countess and the Tower

Beschreibung

***2024 Gold Medalist for Religious Fiction (Independent Publisher Book Awards)*** ***Winner, 2024 Catholic Media Book Award, Catholic Novel*** Semi-Finalists for the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards! A thrilling tale, based on a true story, of one woman's tremendous courage and incomparable wit in trying to rescue her husband from the Tower of London the night before he is to be executed. The heroine of A Noble Cunning, Bethan Glentaggart, Countess of Clarencefield, a persecuted Catholic noblewoman, is determined to try every possible means of saving her husband's life, with the help of a group of devoted women friends. Amid the turbulence of the 1715 Rebellion against England's first German king George I, Bethan faces down a mob attack on her home, travels alone from the Scottish Lowlands to London through one of the worst snowstorms in many years, and confronts a cruel king before his court to plead for mercy for her husband Gavin. As a last resort, Bethan and her friends must devise and put in motion a devilishly complex scheme featuring multiple disguises and even the judicious use of poison to try to free Gavin. Though rich with historical gossip and pageantry, Bethan's story also demonstrates the damage that politics and religious fanaticism can inflict on the lives of individuals.

Autor

Patricia Bernstein grew up in Dallas and earned a Degree of Distinction in American Studies from Smith College. Returning to Texas, she founded a public relations agency in Houston, while publishing dozens of articles in publications as varied as Texas Monthly, Cosmopolitan and The Smithsonian.She published three non-fiction books before her first novel. The most recent non-fiction book, Ten Dollars to Hate, about the 1920s Ku Klux Klan, was a finalist for a major award from the Texas Institute of Letters. A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower, Patricia's debut novel, based on a true story, tells the tale of a woman who rescued her husband from the Tower of London the night before his scheduled execution. The book has been awarded gold medals by the American Bookfest and the IPPY awards, and was named first-place winner in the Catholic Novel category by the Catholic Media Association.Patricia lives in Houston with her husband Alan Bernstein. They have three wonderful and very different daughters.Website: https://www.patriciabernstein.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: History Through Fiction LLC
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9781736499061
• ISBN-10: 1736499068
• Artikelnr.: 65833282