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Author:
Patricia Finney
ISBN13:
978-0552995085
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0552995088
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St. Martin's Press; New Ed edition (1993)
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Contemporary
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FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Troubled by visions, Tom O'Bedlam, the mad son of a prominent Catholic family, wanders the London streets.

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Patricia Finney's career started with a bang when her first novel A SHADOW OF GULLS was published before she went up to Oxford aged 18 to study History, back in the mists of time, when dinosaurs roamed.

Patricia Finney's career started with a bang when her first novel A SHADOW OF GULLS was published before she went up to Oxford aged 18 to study History, back in the mists of time, when dinosaurs roamed

All of Patricia Finney's (aka PF Chisholm) books have great Elizabethan flavor.

by. Patricia Finney (Author). Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central. The books about the Enys twins ("Do We Not Bleed") are also interconnected with the Sir Robert Carey series but that book should be read AFTER reading the Sir Robert Carey series. 6 people found this helpful. All of Patricia Finney's (aka PF Chisholm) books have great Elizabethan flavor.

The Firedrake's Eye by. Patricia Finney (Goodreads Author)

The Firedrake's Eye by. Patricia Finney (Goodreads Author).

Product Information:TITLE: The Firedrakes Eye. Item Information:Author : Finney, Patricia. The Firedrake's Eye by Patricia Finney (Paperback, 1993). Pre-owned: lowest price.

Inevitably, however, the firedrake (dragon) will move to the Queen. Finney's brainy sleuths race like whippets toward the prey, while tossing up more turmoil, deaths, and betrayal beside a treacherous Thames, although here and there are times of quiet love, companionship, and slap-up humor. And there's an invaluable list of characters with real personages. Meanwhile, in seedy London digs, Becket-penniless, a veteran of wars-feeds his pet rat, while roaming and discoursing with angels is a former schoolmate in law, mad Ralph Strangways (& Tom''), whose brother Adam sent him to Bedlam to suffer.

Firedrake's eye. by. Finney, Patricia, 1958-. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books.

Patricia Finney transports the reader back in time to the dirty, dangerous underbelly of 1583 London. Similar books by other authors. A Famine of Horses (Sir Robert Carey, book 1) P F Chisholm. A Season of Knives (Sir Robert Carey, book 2) P F Chisholm. A Surfeit of Guns (Sir Robert Carey, book 3) P F Chisholm. An Air of Treason (Sir Robert Carey, book 6) P F Chisholm

Firedrake's Eye. (1992).

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Firedrake's Eye is "historical fiction as it should be written.

In the Autumn of 1583, loyal courtier Simon Ames is viciously beaten  . Firedrake's Eye is "historical fiction as it should be written. Patricia Finney's talent for writing of espionage makes her the le Carre of the sixteenth century," wrote Ruth Rendell in the Daily Telegraph when Firedrake's Eye was first published in 1992. To read this book is to live for a while in another London, a place that is credible and entertaining. For all its dirt and danger, there is a rich pleasure in losing yourself in its tortuous streets," wrote Nicolette Jones in the Sunday Times.

  • My main question is to the Amazon/ Kindle people: WHY have the OTHER two of the three books in this series on Kindle and NOT have this one, the first in the series?

    Patricia Finney also writes under the name P.F. Chisholm....under which she has written the great "Sir Robert Carey" mystery series, also set in Elizabethan times...it DOES need to be read in order, and is a highly recommended series of novels/ mysteries. Sir Robert Carey was a real person, an almost "perfect" Elizabethan courtier, closely related to Queen Elizabeth I......

    The books about the Enys twins ("Do We Not Bleed") are also interconnected with the Sir Robert Carey series but that book should be read AFTER reading the Sir Robert Carey series.

  • Finney is one of the premier historical novelists of our time, comparable to Sutcliffe in an earlier generation. The people are both appealing and deeply grounded in their time, a difficult feat, and the alienness of Tudor England comes across vividly. The characterization is excellent and the action sequences deeply gripping. You come away from reading "Firedrake's Eye" knowing more about Elizabethan London... and more about human beings. Heartily recommended!

  • This is the first book in the David Becket and Simon Ames series. It is set in the Elizabethan era and focuses on a plot against the Queen. The narrator is a schizophrenic, and is at times difficult to follow, but is provided information by “angels” that give him insight into scenes where he is not physically present. Becket and Ames stumble into the plot and begin to work together to stop the assassination attempt. Becket, a swordsman, and Ames, a Jewish clerk for Walsingham are uniquely placed to sort out what is going on. While at times confusing in perspective, particularly due to the narrator’s different voices, the author adds rich detail of the period and provides a unique perspective on one of the many plots against Queen Elizabeth during her reign.

  • Having read most or all of this author's elizabethan-setting books, i only wish there were more. She writes as well as Denise Mina, with similar intelligence and attention to detail. I hope she's not done.

  • I always enjoy the detail, language, and characters. Finney is a master at using history woven into her story. Not a big drawback but auto-correct may interfere with the flow of the wording from time to.time. Looking forward to her next book.

  • Excellent early Patricia Finney, where many Lord Robert Carey characters make a first appearance.

  • Hard to follow with the dialect & allegories. It is an instant history lesson, warranting further research. The characters were clearly defined, with flowing dialogue.

  • All of Patricia Finney's (aka PF Chisholm) books have great Elizabethan flavor. I had a little trouble following "Tom" at the start, but I persevered and it was worth it.

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