Safe Conduct by Peter Vansittart
A Safe Conduct is set in a decaying German principality, on the brink of the Reformation and when Renaissance ideas are filtering through to a governing class still largely medieval. The Graf, in his Castle, is entrusted with political and social responsibilities; but it is an age in which new beliefs and codes are sweeping the land. Suspected of wife murder and apparently bereft of emotion, he is now harassed by an historical accident: a Children's Revolt. Nominally led by a witless, outcast shepherd boy, but manipulated for his own chilling motives by a handsome young youth, the young rebels swiftly attract an influx of bandits, refugees, dissidents and desperadoes.
Peter Vansittart was the author of 29 books including his autobiographical work, Paths from a White Horse. In 1969 he won the Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship, and in 1981 he was one of six recipients of the first Writers' Bursaries awarded by the Arts Council. He was also a recipient of an O.B.E. for services to literature and his mastery of historical fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780720609530 |
| ISBN 10 | 0720609534 |
| Title | Safe Conduct |
| Author | Peter Vansittart |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Peter Owen Publishers |
| Year published | 1995-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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