Rule Britannia
'A rollicking good read' Ian Rankin
Published on 3. October 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-78615-718-8 (ISBN)
Description
'An immensely readable treat!' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
The first book in a light-hearted historical adventure series set during the mid-twentieth century.
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Ernest Drabble, a Cambridge historian and mountaineer, travels to rural Devon to inspect the decapitated head of Oliver Cromwell - a macabre artefact owned by Dr Wilkinson. Drabble only tells one person of his plans - Harris, an old school friend and press reporter.
On the train to Devon, Drabble narrowly avoids being murdered, only to reach his destination and find Dr Wilkinson has been killed. Gripped in Wilkinson's hand is a telegram from Winston Churchill instructing him to bring the head of Oliver Cromwell to London.
Drabble has unwittingly become embroiled in a pro-Nazi conspiracy headed by a high-status Conservative member of the British government.
And so, Drabble teams up with Wilkinson's secretary, Kate Honeyand, to find the head and rescue Harris who is being tortured for information...
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Praise for Rule Britannia:
'A rollicking good read'
IAN RANKIN
'Marsh chomps the period bit between his teeth and relates his yarn with winning gusto'
NEW STATESMAN
'Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh's first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave'
STANLEY JOHNSON
The first book in a light-hearted historical adventure series set during the mid-twentieth century.
...........................................................................
Ernest Drabble, a Cambridge historian and mountaineer, travels to rural Devon to inspect the decapitated head of Oliver Cromwell - a macabre artefact owned by Dr Wilkinson. Drabble only tells one person of his plans - Harris, an old school friend and press reporter.
On the train to Devon, Drabble narrowly avoids being murdered, only to reach his destination and find Dr Wilkinson has been killed. Gripped in Wilkinson's hand is a telegram from Winston Churchill instructing him to bring the head of Oliver Cromwell to London.
Drabble has unwittingly become embroiled in a pro-Nazi conspiracy headed by a high-status Conservative member of the British government.
And so, Drabble teams up with Wilkinson's secretary, Kate Honeyand, to find the head and rescue Harris who is being tortured for information...
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Praise for Rule Britannia:
'A rollicking good read'
IAN RANKIN
'Marsh chomps the period bit between his teeth and relates his yarn with winning gusto'
NEW STATESMAN
'Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh's first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave'
STANLEY JOHNSON
Reviews / Votes
Marsh chomps the period bit between his teeth and relates his yarn with winning gusto * New Statesman * Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh's first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave * Stanley Johnson * A rollicking good read * Ian Rankin *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 120 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78615-718-8 (9781786157188)
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E-Book
09/2019
Accent Press Ltd
€3.99
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Person
Alec Marsh was born in Essex in 1975. He graduated from Newcastle University with a first class degree in history. Beginning his career on the Western Morning News in Cornwall, he went on to write for titles including the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Times and London Evening Standard. In 2008 he was named an editor of the year by the British Society of Magazine Editors. He is now the editor of Spear's Magazine, a title focused on luxury lifestyle. He is married and lives with his family in west London.