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Swords of the Spirit
Swords of the Spirit
Swords of the Spirit
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Swords of the Spirit is historical fiction set in 16th century England and Scotland. It is the sequel to A Rose Without a Thorn.


This epic novel begins in the 1540s. It is set at the powerful but contentious Royal Courts of their Catholic Majesties James V and Queen Marie of Scotland, and Protestant Englands infamous King Henry VIII. An aging Henry VIII is James Vs royal uncle. Yet will blood-ties prove thicker than water as, with half drawn swords, Scotland and England stand on the brink of war? Protestant England is also secretly making a pack with the Holy Roman Empire to cross swords with Catholic France.


It is an age where treachery and deceit prove deadlier than the point of a sword. Both the Scottish and English Royal Courts are embroiled in dangerous intrigues and betrayals. In hopes of gaining power over one another Catholics and Protestants hatch deadly plots designed to bring down the other. As the reformation of church perilously rages on, many innocent lives become at stake in Scotland and England, and also throughout Christendom.


Chief Catholic and Protestant ministers at the English Royal Court scheme to wed a woman of their own choosing to the widower, Henry VIII. Yet while England schemes to find a new queen, the in fighting between Catholics and Protestants has torn the Scottish Royal Court into two embittered factions. Will James V successfully unite his realm in time before Englands army thunders across the border with swords raised high above their heads?


This riveting story brings to life a host of new compelling characters coupled with many of the original characters from A Rose Witho

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Release dateOct 17, 2005
ISBN9781456726218
Swords of the Spirit
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Marilyn Kohinke Washburn

Marilyn Kohinke Washburn spent over a decade researching and writing, A Rose Without a Thorn and its sequel, Swords of the Spirit. Marilyn is a history buff, who attended Meramec Community College in St Louis, Missouri, before going on to study psychology at Ohio State University. She states, "Both Henry VIII's break with Catholic Rome and England's Royal Tudors' influence on the Protestant Reformation has always been of great interest to me. Writing both books has been an incredible journey into the past." She invites all who are in pursuit of freedom of religion and thought as well as equal rights for both men and women to join her journey by reading her books. She sincerely hopes that those who do, will not only enjoy her work, but will also appreciate that perhaps by learning from such a bloody past we will not be doomed to repeat it.

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