The succession

George P. Garrett

first published 1983 Doubleday, 1983 538 pages

“This is surely the best historical novel in many years,­” wrote Peter S. Prescott in Newsweek about Death of the Fox, George Garrett’s unparalleled reentry, into the heart of the English Renaissance. His new novel, *The Succession*, is surely the finest since: a triumph of intellect and imagination that once more brilliantly re-­creates Elizabethan England.­After decades of rule, Elizabeth I lies dying. She has over...

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The succession edition · 1991 · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 538 pages
The succession edition · 1983 · Quill · 538 pages
The succession edition · 1983 · Doubleday · 538 pages

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