The bitter trade
Subtitle: being the life of Calumny Spinks ; heretic ; smuggler ; rebel
By: Piers Alexander
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Tenderfoot
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 563
ISBN-13: 9780992864545
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: HISTORICAL FICTION. England, 1688. Redheaded, half-French Calumny Spinks is forced to flee to London when his father's violent past resurfaces. He becomes a coffee racketeer to pay off a blackmailer - but his ambition and talent for mimicry pull him into a conspiracy against the King himself.