The King's Jackal

By Richard Davis

The King's Jackal by Richard Harding Davis is about Baron Barrat and his experiences with trade and policy abroad. Excerpt: "The private terrace of the Hotel Grand Bretagne, at Tangier, was shaded by a great awning of red and green and yellow and strewn with colored mats, and plants in pots, and wicker chairs. It reached out from the King's apartments into the Garden of Palms, and was hidden by them on two sides, and showed from the third the blue waters of the Mediterranean and the great shadow of Gibraltar in the distance."

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Nov 22, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547410324

Richard Davis

Richard Davis was born and educated in Melbourne and now lives in Queensland. He was encouraged in his writing by Alan Marshall, Ivan Southall and later, Nobel prize-winning author Patrick White. Richard pursued a successful career in commerce before taking up full-time writing in 1997. Since then his published works have included three internationally acclaimed biographies of musicians: Geoffrey Parsons - Among Friends (ABC Books), Eileen Joyce: A Portrait (Fremantle Press) and Anna Bishop - The Adventures of an Intrepid Prima Donna (Currency Press). The latest in this series is Wotan’s Daughter - The Life of Marjorie Lawrence.

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