{"product_id":"porphyry-and-blood-paperback","title":"Porphyry and Blood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Sandham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Porphyry Novels: Book Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An accomplished and intelligent feat of historical storytelling.\" J.A. Ironside, author of \u003ci\u003eThe King's Knight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1462.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Republic of Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine years on from surviving the fall of Constantinople, Anna Notaras now lives an empty life of luxury on the lagoon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Ottoman empire has not ceased its relentless expansion and now Sultan Mehmed plans the conquest of Italy - and to stable his horses in St Peter's Basilica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Venetian Senate ask Anna to help stop her old Turk enemies, she quickly agrees. The mission seems simple: join an embassy to Wallachia to cement an alliance. But there is nothing straight forward about the ruler Anna is to meet: Vlad Dracula. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoreover, Anna's status among her fellow Byzantine refugees is built upon a lie, and not everyone among her travelling party has Anna's best interests at heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorse still, Anna's embassy is not the only group heading for Dracula. A Turk army is closing in, intent on placing Vlad's brother on the Wallachian throne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught in a bloody web of intrigue, Anna will need the same wit and courage that allowed her to survive Constantinople if she is to return from her mission alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecommended for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Dorothy Dunnett and Michael Jecks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Sandham\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a series of historical novels set in the second half of the 15th century charting the fall of Constantinople and subsequent geopolitical turmoil through the eyes of Byzantine Greek, Venetian and Ottoman protagonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Peter Sandham: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Plunges the reader into the Byzantine snake-pit that is politics in Constantinople during the months before and during the Turkish siege and conquest of the city. Scottish mercenary John Grant, wrestling with his nightmare memories of burning Joan of Arc at the stake, must balance love and war as the enemy army gathers and the daughter of the doomed city's most powerful citizen becomes dangerously infatuated with him... Gripping and powerful right from the first page, building to an enthralling climax, Porphyry and Ash, based on the biographical records of actual characters, has all the historical weight of Harry Sidebottom's Fire in the East combined with the narrative power of Graham Shelby's Knights of Dark Renown or Alfred Duggan's Count Bohemond.\" \u003cb\u003ePeter Tonkin, author of \u003ci\u003eCaesar's Spies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250576867577,"sku":"9798647092526","price":14.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WnU0Z1Y2b3NnYnVxaU5uK1R5dmZPdz09.webp?v=1768664212","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/porphyry-and-blood-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}