{"product_id":"9780099591764-stain-in-the-blood","title":"A Stain in the Blood","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby\u003cbr\u003eHis journey – encompassing fevers, mutiny, piracy, daring rescues and heroic sea battles – is a great and terribly overlooked adventure, and a prism through which to view England, and all of Europe, during one of the most pivotal periods in its history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY and THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling account' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As heroic as Digby himself, Moshenska has defied the tyranny of genre and made his own absorbing account' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master storyteller. Full of exquisite details, but with the grandest themes. this is a gripping adventure story'\u003c\/b\u003e Zia Haider Rahman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant account of one of the seventeenth century's most dashing lives'\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Scurr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping and extraordinary'\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Wroe\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the 16th of August 1628, five battle-scarred English ships sailed into the harbour of the Greek island of Milos. Dropping anchor, the 25-year-old captain banqueted with the local lord before sitting down to write an account of his journey – an account that would transform him entirely.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Kenelm Digby was one of the most remarkable Englishmen who ever lived: a trusted advisor to the King, but the sworn enemy of the all-powerful Duke of Buckingham; a pioneering philosopher and scientist, but committed to the occult arts of alchemy and astrology; a friend not only of Ben Jonson, Thomas Hobbes and van Dyck, but even Oliver Cromwell. He was also widely known as the ‘son of a traytor and husband of a whore’: a man who witnessed his father’s gruesome execution for high treason as a Gunpowder Plotter, and the lover of the most celebrated beauty of the age, Venetia Stanley. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an attempt to clear his name, and on a quest for personal glory, Digby assembled a fleet and set sail for the Mediterranean: a world of pirate cities and ancient ruins where people, ideas and exotic goods moved freely between languages and nations. His journey – encompassing fevers, mutiny, piracy, daring rescues and heroic sea battles – is a great and terribly overlooked adventure, and a prism through which to view England, and all of Europe, during one of the most pivotal periods in its history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Stain in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an extraordinary life, and of a journey that helped to shape a nation. It is a revelatory first work of non-fiction by one of the brightest young writers and thinkers of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942947401825,"sku":"9780099591764","price":13.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32394928.jpg?v=1737224638","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099591764-stain-in-the-blood","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}