Death's Bright Angel

J. D. Davies

May 2018 · Matthew Quinton Journals Book 7 · Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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This flaming historical adventure, book seven in the Matthew Quinton Journals, is perfect for fans of C. S. Forester

London is burning, but who set the fire? In the weeks leading up to the Great Fire of 1666, Matthew Quinton, master of the H.M.S. Sceptre, is sent into the heart of London, seething with foreign plots and political paranoia, on a dangerous mission: to stop a terrorist ring from destroying the capital.

Quinton is the only man that can stop these men, who want to open the country to invasion by destabilizing the English people and fueling rebellion. But unrest may not be the only thing these men will fuel The heat is rising.

With fast-paced action and fantastic historical detail, Death's Bright Angel will appeal to fans of Angus Donald and Conn Iggulden.

'Finely shaded characters, excellent plotting, gut-clenching action and immaculate attention to period naval detail these are superb books' Angus Donald, author of The Outlaw Chronicles

'A splendid addition to nautical adventure, and a grand story, to boot!' Dewey Lambdin, author of the Alan Lewrie series

The Matthew Quinton Journals

Gentleman Captain
The Mountain of Gold
The Blast that Tears the Skies
The Lion of Midnight
The Battle of the Ages
The Rage of Fortune
Death's Bright Angel
The Devil Upon the Wave

About the author

J. D. Davies is the prolific author of historical naval adventures. He is also one of the foremost authorities on the seventeenth-century navy, which brings a high level of historical detail to his fiction, namely his Matthew Quinton series. He has written widely on the subject, most recently Kings of the Sea: Charles II, James II and the Royal Navy,and won the Samuel Pepys Award in 2009 with Pepys's Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare, 1649-1689.

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