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The Drums of War

by H. De Vere Stacpoole

★4.3/5
FictionHistorical Fiction
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London 1642.The King has fled London with the drums of war ringing in his ears. Across the country, lines are being drawn and armies raised.Influential royalist Lady Carlisle switches sides and presses spice trader Thomas Tallant and his partner Elizabeth Seymour into Parliament's service.Soon Thomas faces double-dealing in his hunt for a lethal hoard of gunpowder hidden on the river, while Elizabeth engages in a race against time to locate a hidden sniper picking off Parliamentary officers at will in the city.The capital also witnesses a vicious gang of jewel thieves take advantage of the cit...

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