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100 1 _aSabatini, Rafael,
_d1875-1950
245 1 4 _aThe hounds of God
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-12-15
508 _aan anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer
520 _a"The Hounds of God" by Rafael Sabatini is a historical adventure novel written in the early 20th century. Set in Elizabethan England and Spain, it blends sea-borne warfare, courtly intrigue, and the shadow of the Inquisition. The tale centers on the daring West-Country seaman Gervase Crosby, the independent Lady Margaret Trevanion and her misanthropic father, and a stranded Spanish grandee, exploring loyalty, faith, and love across hostile lines. The opening of the story traces the Earl of Garth’s sour disillusion, born from the Thomas Seymour scandal, his retreat to Cornwall, and the free-spirited upbringing of his daughter Margaret, who coolly repels suitors—especially the persistent Gervase. Gervase turns to the sea under Drake, proves himself in audacious raids, and returns to a chilly welcome before the Spanish Armada gathers. In the Channel crisis he volunteers for a perilous reconnaissance at Calais, then helps send in the fireships that break the Armada, earning a knighthood at Whitehall. He rushes home to claim Margaret, only to meet pride, rivals, and a wary promise softened by affection. Meanwhile, a Spanish noble, Don Pedro de Mendoza, is wrecked on the Cornish coast, foreshadowing an intimate collision of enemies that will propel the plot. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928
653 _aHistorical fiction
653 _aGreat Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aSpain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598 -- Fiction
653 _aInquisition -- Spain -- Fiction
653 _aArmada, 1588 -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://books.google.com/books?id=nLEzAAAAMAAJ
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77465
999 _c118185
_d118185