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Years have gone by since the events surrounding the death of Anne Boleyn. But her missing hand and all that it represents to the dark world of 16th century Europe still draws the powerful to seek it out. Jean Rombaud - the French executioner of the first novel - has grown old, both in age and spirit. Wearied by the betrayal of a son and the scorn of a wife, he fights in the seemingly never-ending siege of Siena. Meanwhile, Gianni Rombaud has forsaken everything his ageing father stands for and now kills heathen for the Inquisition in Rome. Then he is summoned by Cardinal Carafa himself. His masters no longer merely want his dagger in the hearts of Jews, they want the hand of the dead queen.. But, only three people know where it is buried, and one of them is Gianni's father...
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C.C. Humphreys was born in Toronto, Canada, and grew up in Los Angeles and London. A third generation actor and writer on both sides of his family, he returned to Canada in the nineties and there his writing career began. He won the inaugural playwriting competition of the New Play Centre, Vancouver with his first play, ‘A Cage Without Bars’ which was produced in Vancouver and London. He was a schoolboy fencing champion, became a fight choreographer and thus turned his love of swashbuckling towards historical fiction. He is married and lives in Finchley, North London.
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April 1555. Siena, Tuscany, and Canada. The story that began with a single sword swipe on Tower Green and the loss of Ann Boleyn's head ends with a night battle on the shores of the St. Lawrence and the imminent destruction of the Native American Huron tribe. C.C. Humphreys, actor, writer, and now the reader of this tale, takes the listener on an exhausting fast-paced journey that covers two continents and graphic depictions of bloody battles, human misery, torture, and the violent killing of animals. Happily, the descriptions of Native American lifestyles, as well as several love stories, soften this epic enough to soothe the psyche, balance the story, and engage the listener. K.A.T. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherOrion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0752842773
- ISBN 13 9780752842776
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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