Patrick Paniter was James IV's right-hand man, a diplomatic genius who was in charge of the guns at the disastrous battle of Flodden in September 1513 in which the English annihilated the Scots. After the death of his king he is tormented by guilt as he relives the events that led to war. When Louise Brenier, daughter of a rogue sea trader, asks his help in finding out if her brother Benoit was killed in action, it is the least he can do to salve his conscience. Not satisfied with the news he brings, Louise sets off to find out the truth herself, & swiftly falls foul of one of the lawless clans that rule the ungovernable borderlands. After Flodden is a novel about the consequences of the battle of Flodden, as seen through the eyes of several characters who either had a hand in bringing the country to war, or were profoundly affected by the outcome. There have been very few novels about Flodden, despite its significance, and none from this perspective. It's a racy adventure, combining political intrigue & romance, & its readership will be anyone who loves historical fiction, or is interested in the history of Scotland & the turbulent, ungovernable borderlands between Scotland & Engl&. ...

When Felix Brewer meets nineteen-year-old Bernadette Bambi Gottschalk at a Valentines Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps.

Thanks to his lucrative if not always legal businesses, she & their three ­little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambis world implodes when Felix, newly convicted & facing prison, mysteriously vanishes.

Though Bambi has no idea where her husband
- or his money
- might be, she suspects one woman does: his devoted young mistress, Julie.

When Julie herself disappears ten years to the day that Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes shes left to join her ­old lover
- until her remains are found in a secluded wooded park.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780571299683
• Author: Laura Lippman
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 413
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm
















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