A Good Deliverance

Toby Clements

$32.99

Paperback

In stock
Ready to ship

QTY:

English

Faber & Faber
01 October 2024

Fiction & Literature; Historical adventure; Historical fiction

'The most enthralling kind of historical fiction.' HILARY MANTEL

'Fresh, wholly original . . . a delight.' THE TIMES 'Vivid and amusing.' SPECTATOR

'Very enjoyable.' BIG ISSUE

From the author of the Kingmaker series, an epic and intimate tale of adventure, myth and the creation of one of literature's greatest stories.

Warwick, 1468. One drowsy summer afternoon, Sir Thomas Malory - politician, courtier, outlaw, renowned author of Le Morte D'Arthur - is seized from his garden and dragged to Newgate Prison for reasons unknown.

Shivering in his foul-smelling, filthy old cell, Malory mourns his misspent life as he awaits the execution bell. But when the locking bar lifts, he is greeted by a boy of about twelve winters: the gaoler's son. Giddy with relief, Malory seizes the opportunity to recount his deeds to an audience.

So begins a prison confession of a perilously exciting life full of sieges, battles and court intrigue. A Good Deliverance is the captivating tale of a man at odds with his past and the events that inspired him to write the first great work of prose fiction in English.

Praise for the Kingmaker series:

'Enthralling, honest . . . the past, here, is imagined with ferocity, with hunger to engage.'

HILARY MANTEL

'Clements is so convincing on the detail of his characters' lives that it is difficult to believe that he never walked in the brutal, messy world he conjures up on the page.' THE TIMES

'Magnificent. A historical tour de force.' BEN KANE

By: Toby Clements
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9780571348312
ISBN 10: 0571348319
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Toby Clements is a journalist, former Literary Editor at the Daily Telegraph, and the author of the Kingmaker series; four critically acclaimed novels set during the Wars of the Roses.