The hounds of God : $b A romance
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2025-12-15 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #77465 |
Description
"Lord Lister No. 0037: De Diamantenkoningin" by Kurt Matull and Theo von Blankensee is a historical romance novel written in the early 20th century. Set in the Elizabethan era, it follows the misanthropic Earl of Garth, his independent daughter Margaret, and the daring seafarer Gervase Crosby as privateering exploits, courtly politics, and the looming Spanish threat entwine their fates. The opening of the story traces Roger Trevanion, Earl of Garth, from the disillusion born of the Thomas Seymour affair to a reclusive life in Cornwall, where his self-reliant daughter Margaret grows up shunning suitors. Gervase Crosby, a steadfast admirer, rejects a legal career for the sea, joins Drake through Hawkins, and proves himself in raids from Vigo to Cartagena. As the Armada crisis builds, Gervase volunteers a perilous reconnaissance at Calais and steers the fire-ships that help break Spain’s fleet; at Whitehall he and Oliver Tressilian are knighted. Returning home eager to claim Margaret’s implied promise, he meets social frictions and her insistence on freedom, though tenderness peeks through. The section closes as Don Pedro de Mendoza, a Spanish noble cast ashore after shipwreck, awakens on a Cornish beach, brooding over the Armada’s ruin and his peril in hostile land. (This is an automatically generated summary.)