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S'està carregant… Sons of the Bloodde Robyn Young
   Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.   ) MJWebb | Sep 22, 2022 |  The central character is Jack Wynter, the illegitimate son of Thomas Vaughan. Vaughan is close to King Edward and guardian of the King’s son, Prince Edward. When King Richard executes Vaughan and imprisons the Prince, Jack is drawn into a complex international conspiracy involving the Prince and a secret society looking for secrets that Vaughan has entrusted to the unwitting Jack. The historical setting and the interweaving of fact and fiction are very well done. The depiction of this as a violent age and the graphic descriptions of that violence are striking. In this book Jack comes across as a bit of a whiner, never satisfied whatever his situation, so not very sympathetic. A lot of characters are introduced and we never get a clear picture of who they are or what they stand for before we move on to someone else. The English dynastic picture is very confusing here: everyone seems to have the same name and they are all the third cousin of the wife of the Duke’s great uncle or some such. This book is pretty good, but suffers greatly from the burdens of squeezing too many characters and an over complicated plot into what is just the first part of a much larger narrative to come. (  ) pierthinker | Dec 8, 2020 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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In the dying days of the Wars of the Roses a secret war is born. The battle for a crown is about to become a fight for the world.Bastard son, mercenary soldier, protector of the rightful king, seeker of a secret more treacherous than any in Christendom: Jack Wynter is destined to live in dangerous times.In England, the Wars of the Roses ended a decade ago with the fall of the House of Lancaster and the victory of King Edward of York. But peace sleeps uneasy in this divided realm and when the king dies unexpectedly it isn't long before old blood feuds and ambitions are awoken.In the sun-baked city of Seville, unaware of the clouds of war rising over England, Jack Wynter is cursing his fortune. Sent here by his secretive father, king's man, Sir Thomas Vaughan - with a locked chest he has been ordered to guard with his life - Jack wonders if this mission was simply a ruse to get an illegitimate, inconvenient son out of the country. But when a stranger arrives with news that his father has been arrested for treason, Jack finds himself thrust into the heart of a deadly conspiracy.What is the secret Jack has been guarding? Is it the reason for his father's fall? The only place he is going to find answers is back in England, where young Prince Edward is due to become king... unless his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, decides to make a move for the throne. It is also where Jack's half-brother, Harry, broods bitterly over their father's apparent preference for a bastard son.Jack Wynter is coming home, to a realm of intrigue and corruption, mystery and war. Somehow, he is connected to a secret that can kill him - or make him. Its influence spans Europe and will draw him towards the very edge of the known world, and beyond, in Robyn Young's dazzling new epic.The old world is turning.A new world is rising. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-ValoracióMitjana: (3.5)
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