Collision Course

Millie Norwich Inman

Description

Clash is imminent as the young Prince of Wales urgently prepares for the throne amid jealousy, intrigue, and escalating war, as the youth determines for peace under the gathering shadow of his grandfather’s imperious first minister, hell-bent on expanding the empire.
On the sudden death of a popular Prince of Wales, his young heir is launched from childhood into a roiling caldron of jealousy, ambition and intrigue before finding himself on a collision course with his grandfather’s iconic prime minister.
A young Prince of Wales and his godly mentor are launched into a roiling caldron of ambition and intrigue, culminating in a power struggle with an iconic statesman for control of the British Empire.

—Collision Course is a very fine historical novel replete with engaging narrative, authentic characters, and verbatim period-piece dialogue. I enjoyed the whole thing—even all the food and botany.

—Tom Siebert, writer and editor

The shocking death of the popular Prince of Wales launches his young heir from innocent childhood into a roiling caldron of political jealousy and intrigue. Set in all the glory of mid-eighteenth century England, the child prince is urgently prepared for his estranged grandfather's throne. Under the wing of his godly tutor-advisor, the youth staggers through an escalating minefield of hazards.

Juxtaposed with the prince's story, is the life of a down-and-out firebrand statesman considering retirement from public service, including the House of Commons because he's under the king's fervent disfavor. As rumors of coup d'etat swirl around the prince, an alliance between the youth and the flagging Member of Parliament (MP) secures hope of a safe ascension. The alliance also catapults the prince’s gentle advisor and the seasoned statesman MP into the two most powerful men in Great Britain. One controls the next king. The other controls parliament. Then, in the face of escalating war, a shocking twist changes everything.

Collision Course shatters cliches as it treks through England's finest gardens and dines with kings and statesmen, all the while peering into the universal nature of the human soul and the heartbeat of corrupted constitutional government. This is the true, untold story of alliance, ambition, betrayal, loss, and recovery that set the world stage for the American Revolution.

Sujets

• Historical
• English garden
• History of the British Isles
• History of the United States
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 19 octobre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798385008445
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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