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The worst wars are fought within families . . . The brilliant follow-up to THE FRENCH EXECUTIONER 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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Blood Ties, Chris Humphreys
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Blood Ties
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Chris Humphreys
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0752842773
- ISBN13
- 9780752842776
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Suspense, France, British Literature, Southern Europe, Italy, England, Great Britain, London, Canada, Paris, 16th century, Tudors, Executioners, Fanaticism, Religious Fanaticism
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- Blood Ties
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- The worst wars are fought within families . . . The brilliant follow-up to THE FRENCH EXECUTIONER 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...