The Galleons' Grave: Henry Gresham and the Spanish ArmadaIt is 1588 and King Philip of Spain has assembled the greatest fleet and the most powerful army in the world. It is envisaged that the Armada, commanded by the brave and chivalric Duke Medina Sidonia, will crush the English and bring an end to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. One man who has inside knowledge of this event is the young Henry Gresham. Caught up in the intrigues of Elizabeth's court as its inhabitants jostle for power and favour, he begins

the point beyond which one could not go

marriage and what happens when good intentions and self-deception are taken to extremes

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Her years there as a scholarship girl ended in a double tragedy: the drownings of her two roommates

Who are these people - and what have they got to hide

Hanno must keep up the spirits of the marchers on the gruelling

a note is passed to the prosecution offering information on the assassination of a disgraced former governor of New York

with thanks and best wishes" by Dick Francis and Felix Francis

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he reads of the apparent suicide of one of his co-workers from his spy days in Berlin

A body has been found dumped on the sandy shores of Southend

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