A rich historical novel of Jacobean power games – politics and palaces, parliaments and surely poison too? A first novel by the biographer of Adam Smith and Edmund Burke.
The Winding Stair
(author)
£20.00
Edition:Hardback978178590792001/06/2023
Categories: 04. Spring Books 2023: Fiction, Fiction, Spring Books 2023
Tag: Historical Novels
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