Havoc, in its Third Year

Ronan Bennett

RRP: £16.99

Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING

Publication Date : 06/09/2004

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

An extraordinary historical thriller set in England in the 1630s. John Brigge is a governor who is called to settle the murder of a new-born child, but believes the ascendant puritan faction are hiding something. From the author of "The Catastrophist" which was shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award and sold over 60,000 copies.

Publisher's description:

John Brigge is called to settle the murder of a new-born child. Katherine Shay, an Irishwoman, is accused of killing her baby. Brigge wants to wait for more evidence. The ascendant puritan faction, however, demand her immediate hanging. Brigge suspects their haste has little to do with their talk of justice. What are they hiding?

ISBN: 9780747562498