Author: CALDWELL, TAYLOR
Title: The Arm and the Darkness
Description: New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping, rubbing, wear, and beginning fraying to the spine ends and the corners. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is some beginning generalized toning to the page edges. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "In seventeenth-century France, Catholics and Huguenots are locked in a battle for the soul of the nation. Against this tumultuous backdrop, bestselling author Taylor Caldwell spins a stirring tale of romance, suspense, and adventure in the grand tradition of Alexandre Dumas. At the heart of the novel are the two de Richepin brothers: Arsène, a swashbuckling nobleman who must abandon his devil-may-care attitude when he falls in love with a Catholic peasant girl, and Louis, a priest whose devotion to the word of God puts him at odds with the needs of man. As Arsène and Louis are drawn into a world of double-crosses and palace intrigues, they encounter a remarkable cast of real-life historical figures, including the sly Cardinal Richelieu and the suspected traitor Queen Anne." (from Goodreads). Very Good- .

Keywords: Historical Fiction General Fiction Fiction Taylor Caldwell Catholic Church Huguenots France French history


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