The King at the Edge of the World: A Novel

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The King at the Edge of the World: A Novel

Queen Elizabethâ€™s spymasters recruit an unlikely agentâ€”the only Muslim in Englandâ€”for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from â€œone of the best writers in Americaâ€ (The Washington Post)
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The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, childless. Her nervous kingdom has no heir. It is a capital crime even toÂ thinkÂ that Elizabeth will ever die. Potential successors secretly maneuver to be in position when the inevitable occurs. The leading candidate is King James VI of Scotland, but there is a problem.
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The queenâ€™s spymastersâ€”hardened veterans of a long war on terror and religious extremismâ€”fear that James is not what he appears. He has every reason to claim to be a Protestant, but if he secretly shares his familyâ€™s Catholicism, then forty years of religious war will have been for nothing, and a bloodbath will ensue. With time running out, London confronts a seemingly impossible question: What does James truly believe?
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It falls to Geoffrey Belloc, a secret warrior from the hottest days of Englandâ€™s religious battles, to devise a test to discover the true nature of King Jamesâ€™s soul. Belloc enlists Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician left behind by the last diplomatic visit from the Ottoman Empire, as his undercover agent. The perfect man for the job, Ezzedine is the ultimate outsider, stranded on this cold, wet, and primitive island. He will do almost anything to return home to his wife and son.
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Arthur Phillips returns with a unique and thrilling novel that will leave readers questioning the nature of truth at every turn.

Country	USA
Author	Arthur Phillips
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780812995497
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
NumberOfPages	262
PublicationDate	2020-02-11
Publisher	Random House
ReleaseDate	2020-02-11
Studio	Random House

The King at the Edge of the World: A Novel

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