The Best of Men
by V.C. Letemendia | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
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It is 1642, and Laurence Beaumont has just returned to England after six long years fighting - and avoiding fighting - in the European Wars. Having fled his homeland to escape the responsibilities of his noble birthright, he has been a lowly infantryman, a spy, and a cardsharp in a Dutch brothel. He has seen the worst inhumanities visited on men, women and children by enemy and neighbour alike, and he no longer has faith in God, in causes, or much in humankind itself.
Yet as the clashes between King Charles I and his mutinous Parliament come to a crisis and England is thrown into civil war, Beaumont is drawn back into the world of warfare and intrigue when he discovers coded letters outlining a plot to assassinate the king. Soon the conspirators - one of whom is among the most powerful men in the kingdom - are in hot pursuit, and he must find proof of their identities before they overtake him. Pressed into service by the Secretary of State's ruthless spymaster, Beaumont finds himself threatened on all sides, facing the possibility of imprisonment, torture or worse if he makes a single wrong step.
The ravishing Isabella Savage, a practised seductress, is interested in helping, but may only lead him deeper into the conspiracies within the king's camp. And all the while, Beaumont is haunted by a prophecy and by the memory of a love betrayed. – From fantasticfiction.com
THE BEST OF MEN – V.C. LETEMENDIA (2009) | ISBN: 9780099541745 (UK PB) | Publisher: VINTAGE UK Random House
Yet as the clashes between King Charles I and his mutinous Parliament come to a crisis and England is thrown into civil war, Beaumont is drawn back into the world of warfare and intrigue when he discovers coded letters outlining a plot to assassinate the king. Soon the conspirators - one of whom is among the most powerful men in the kingdom - are in hot pursuit, and he must find proof of their identities before they overtake him. Pressed into service by the Secretary of State's ruthless spymaster, Beaumont finds himself threatened on all sides, facing the possibility of imprisonment, torture or worse if he makes a single wrong step.
The ravishing Isabella Savage, a practised seductress, is interested in helping, but may only lead him deeper into the conspiracies within the king's camp. And all the while, Beaumont is haunted by a prophecy and by the memory of a love betrayed. – From fantasticfiction.com
THE BEST OF MEN – V.C. LETEMENDIA (2009) | ISBN: 9780099541745 (UK PB) | Publisher: VINTAGE UK Random House
Vivid in its detail, filled with gripping action scenes, bawdy and smart, "The Best of Men" is a rousing, rich and thoroughly satisfying historical novel in the vein of Iain Pears' "An Instance of the Fingerpost" and the bestselling works of C.J. Sansom. Laurence Beaumont is an unforgettable new character, and Claire Letemendia is a dazzling new storyteller.
‘AN EXCITING PLOT AND A SWARTHY WONDERFULLY ATTRACTIVE MAIN CHARACTER…HEADY STUFF’ GLOBE AND MAIL
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‘AN EXCITING PLOT AND A SWARTHY WONDERFULLY ATTRACTIVE MAIN CHARACTER…HEADY STUFF’ GLOBE AND MAIL
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Before letting The Best of Men go I found out that Edinburgh City Libraries has a copy so though I have not read this yet I am happy to let this copy go even though this sounds truly spectacular!
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Already arrived at its destination with birthday celebrant, honorary BookCrosser Mr Flutterbies9, posted THU 18 JUL 2019. At last my release notes for this with apologies for the delay which has held up your caught journal entries.
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Already arrived at its destination with birthday celebrant, honorary BookCrosser Mr Flutterbies9, posted THU 18 JUL 2019. At last my release notes for this with apologies for the delay which has held up your caught journal entries.
Apologies, this book has been waiting in a pile of birthday books which in turn were awaiting labels (and some reviews) to be completed. This, however, was one of those which required a label - now remedied. Apologies and off to Mr Flutterbies9's tbr of birthday books etc.
