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A Luke Tremayne Adventure Murder in the Maghreb
An Islamic Interlude North Africa 1657-8
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Artikel-Nr:
9781490785844
Veröffentl:
2018
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
11.01.2018
Seiten:
276
Autor:
Geoff Quaife
Gewicht:
526 g
Format:
222x145x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Geoff Quaife was born in Australia and after a tertiary education at the University of Melbourne, he taught Early Modern History at the University of New England in Armidale, NSW where he continues to reside. He taught for over thirty years in this fascinating period which included the English Civil Wars the English Republic and the Cromwellian Protectorate. On his retirement, he began to write historical novels focused on a fictional Cromwellian soldier, Luke Tremayne, a ruthless, bigoted dark hero. There are now fourteen novels in the series-The Luke Tremayne Adventures. He is married with three children, twelve grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.
The English government seeks to curtail Islamic attacks on its shipping in the Mediterranean and sends Luke Tremayne as ambassador to the Turkish Empire's western outpost of Benbali to negotiate a treaty and free English slaves. His mission is complicated by the corruption and dysfunctional nature of the local English community and the volatile nature of the Benbali government with competing factions and the imminent threat of a coup. Secondary aims to rescue an enslaved English aristocrat, find a stolen golden Madonna, and uncover an escaped war criminal threaten to undermine his mission. This is thrown into further confusion by several murders that Luke is determined to solve despite the death of a close associate and the diversions provided by three alluring women.