{"product_id":"the-french-executioner-c-c-humphreys-9781989988145","title":"The French Executioner: The 20th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"If you can find a first impression, hoard it and wait till it rises in value like a first edition of 'Lord of the Rings'. This is as good.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Crime Time UK \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Tower of London, 1536, and the expert swordsman, Jean Rombaud, is brought from France by Henry VIII to behead his wife, Anne Boleyn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet on the eve of her execution Jean swears a vow to the fabled, ill-fated queen - to bury her six-fingered hand, symbol of her rumoured witchery, at a sacred crossroads. But in a Europe ravaged by religious war, the hand of this infamous Protestant icon is so powerful a relic that many will kill to have it... including Giancarlo Cibo, Alchemist and Archbishop of Siena. Stealing the hand, he leaves Jean for dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGathering a group of heroic misfits, Jean pursues his quest across a continent. Through battle and betrayal, from clashing blades aboard slave galleys to a black mass in a dungeon, from the hallucinations of St. Anthony's Fire to the besieged fortress of an apocalyptic Messiah, Jean seeks to honor his vow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Thrilling, funny... painfully poignant.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Independent on Sunday, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. C. Humphreys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1989988148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781989988145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library and Archives Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"C. C. Humphreys","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946021421311,"sku":"9781989988145","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b27e556d-b428-47e6-a67f-0496ea9fa9d4.jpg?v=1681511089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-french-executioner-c-c-humphreys-9781989988145","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}