The Scarlet Cloak

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Blasco Carramadino and his older brother, Domingo, are caught up in the plans of King Philip II of Spain to overthrow the British government and restore Catholicism Reprint. Download The Scarlet Cloak Author Jean Plaidy – kino-fada.fr ,, ,,, , ,, ,,, ,,, , ,, ,,The problem about different nationalities, different beliefs and different loyalties is interestingly treated in this book personalized in the girl Pillar She is the daughter of an English buccaneer and a spanish girl of strict Catholic faith abducted from her native country Pillar loves both her parents who are so different that what pleases one the other abhors How is it possible to live in peace in a divided family and in a divided world The book gives an interesting picture of life bot The problem about different nationalities, different beliefs and different loyalties is interestingly treated in this book personalized in the girl Pillar She is the daughter of an English buccaneer and a spanish girl of strict Catholic faith abducted from her native count...Despite the clever plotting and well drawn characters I didn t like The Scarlet Cloak as much as I thought I would.Certain episodes are entertaining but the narrative pace is slow and the story is lacklustre on the most part.16th century England, Spain, and France.Another excellent Jean Plaidy Victoria Holt historical fiction.The Inquisition is a sad subject, and, interestingly, it was an uncomfortable re read in today s world Catholics torturing, beheading, and or burning Protestants Protestants ditto to Cathol...As with so many other Jean Plaidy novels, the story is all here, the characters engagingly correct, the feel of the period is brought to life and yet, the stilted language, clich d dialogue and slow pace make it hard going If she d wrote in the style ofcontemporary writers she d bef...Read this many years ago and finding it on a secondhand bookshelf gave it another try Still quite a good story

The Scarlet Cloak
  • English
  • 16 February 2017
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 0 pages
  • 0449222403
  • Jean Plaidy
  • The Scarlet Cloak