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The Blanket of the Dark

Author
John Buchan
Series
Classic Sensation
Language
English
Length
236 pages
ISBN
9781910558621
Published
15 October 2014
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • John Buchan
  • suspense
  • thriller
  • political
  • British
  • power
  • crime
  • mystery
  • detective
  • shocking

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Description

Henry VIII’s England, a scholar with a dangerous paper, rebellion under a dark sky. Buchan’s Blanket of the Dark is prophecy, blood, the old faith against the new crown. Adventure in a kingdom that cannot sleep. Peter Pentecost, a rumour of royal blood, the old religion under the new king. Buchan writing Tudor night as a thriller: wet woods, a cause, the dark as a cover and a creed. Peter Pentecost’s dangerous blood, wet woods, a kingdom that has not yet chosen its morning.

Author

John Buchan was a Scottish novelist, historian and political leader who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. Buchan's 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories, and biographies of Sir Walter Scott, Caesar Augustus, and Oliver Cromwell. Buchan is considered a pioneer of thriller and suspense genre in English literature.

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