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A Column of Fire
First published 2017
In 1558, Ned Willard returns to Kingsbridge hoping to marry Margery Fitzgerald, but their families stand on opposing sides of England’s religious division. Ned enters the service of Elizabeth Tudor and becomes part of the intelligence network protecting her government, while Margery’s Catholic household is drawn into resistance, exile and conspiracy.
The story expands from England to France, Scotland, the Low Countries and Spain as confessional conflict becomes international politics. The French Wars of Religion, the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot test whether loyalty to family or faith can coexist with political tolerance.
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