03165cam a2200325 4500 417747095 TxAuBib 20200119120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593154489 0593154487 50dd30ed-497b-428e-92bb-22c2cf29a994 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4825574 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Phillips, Arthur. The King at the Edge of the World [Bridges Audiobook] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 263MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 262MB. HTML:<b>Queen Elizabeth's spymasters recruit an unlikely agent—the only Muslim in England—for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from "one of the best writers in America" (<i>The Washington Post</i>)</b><br /> <br /> The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, childless. Her nervous kingdom has no heir. It is a capital crime even to <i>think</i> that Elizabeth will ever die. Potential successors secretly maneuver to be in position when the inevitable occurs. The leading candidate is King James VI of Scotland, but there is a problem.<br /> <br /> The queen's spymasters—hardened veterans of a long war on terror and religious extremism—fear that James is not what he appears. He has every reason to claim to be a Protestant, but if he secretly shares his family's Catholicism, then forty years of religious war will have been for nothing, and a bloodbath will ensue. With time running out, London confronts a seemingly impossible question: What does James truly believe?<br /> <br /> It falls to Geoffrey Belloc, a secret warrior from the hottest days of England's religious battles, to devise a test to discover the true nature of King James's soul. Belloc enlists Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician left behind by the last diplomatic visit from the Ottoman Empire, as his undercover agent. The perfect man for the job, Ezzedine is the ultimate outsider, stranded on this cold, wet, and primitive island. He will do almost anything to return home to his wife and son.<br /> <br /> Arthur Phillips returns with a unique and thrilling novel that will leave readers questioning the nature of truth at every turn. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-02-19 22:00:02. Morton, Euan. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4825574-TheKingAtTheEdgeOfTheWorld.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=50dd30ed-497b-428e-92bb-22c2cf29a994&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4825574-TheKingAtTheEdgeOfTheWorld.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=50dd30ed-497b-428e-92bb-22c2cf29a994&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)