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The Crystal Ship, 1st Edition, by Peter Cooke
Paperback 1st Edition ISBN 978 0 9553418 1 6 Published October 2009.
The second adventure in the Glassmaker Series.
Jacob Bell (Giam Bellini), Queen Elizabeth’s Glassmaker, joins Admiral John Hawkins in a battle against Catholic plotters led by Count Ridolfi. Drawing on all their resources of boldness, courage and cunning, they carry through an audacious plan to free Hawkins’s men who are at risk from the dreaded Spanish Inquisition and strive to discover the extent of the plot. With the outcome in doubt, Jacob and his powerful new ship The Crystal, are sent by Queen Elizabeth, on a secret mission to Venice. At stake is the growing friendship between Venice and England; Jacob’s future life in England; marriage with Maria and a life with his son. With his untested ship, he is drawn into an encounter with the all conquering Ottoman galley fleet, which threatens all of their lives, as well as the continuing existence of Venice itself. Through intrigue, gunsmoke and bloody warfare, Jacob battles with the plotters to a new life with his love Maria.
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