In Great Waters

Informationen zum Autor Kit Whitfield Klappentext In Great Waters is a fictional history both familiar and alien. In Kit Whitfield's stunning reimagining of the world an uneasy accord holds between the people of the land and the people of the sea. Without deepsmen guarding its shores no nation can resist invasion - and without princes born of the royal blood part landsman and part deepsman no nation can maintain its allies in the ocean. The royal strain is fiercely protected and the penalties for unauthorised breeding between landsmen and deepsmen are terrible.But now the house of England is collapsing under centuries of inbreeding. Anne its youngest scion watches her mother's desperate fight to keep the throne stable and prays for a safer world. But hidden away on a secluded estate is Henry bastard heathen groomed all his cold lonely life to make a grab for power. If either of them is to survive the coming conflict they wil need more than faith alone. Zusammenfassung Without deepsmen guarding its shores, no nation can resist invasion - and without princes born of the royal blood, part landsman and part deepsman, no nation can maintain its allies in the ocean.

Product details

• Authors: Kit Whitfield, Whitfield Kit
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.03.2010
• EAN: 9780099502661
• ISBN: 978-0-09-950266-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, Science Fiction, Fantasy Romance, Historical fiction, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Sea Stories, FICTION / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures, FICTION / Historical / Medieval, Narrative theme: Politics, Myths and Legends, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Alternative history fiction, machiavellian; bareback; medieval england