Gloriana's Torch - first US edition

by Patricia Finney

Third in a series of related but stand-alone historical thrillers (Unicorn's Blood; Firedrake's Eye), this brooding, multifaceted tale is set on the eve of the sailing of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Ex-soldier David Becket, now responsible for the Queen's Ordnance discovers that large quantities of gunpowder are going astray. Can someone in the heart of the English government be selling it to the Spanish? Unaccountably he is plagued by vivid dreams of England invaded, an alternative story where the Armada is victorious. Patricia Finney's brilliant reworking of the Armada legend is an imaginative tour de force. Thrilling, intricate, and inspiring, this is a tale of courage, of love, and, ultimately, redemption.

Book has black boards with titles in gold on the spine. The dust wrapper is price-intact at $24.95, always mylar-protected.