'The Dying of the Fire' is a gripping page-turner, full of twists, which immerses the reader in mid-sixteenth century Canterbury, south-east England, as its citizens tread a perilous path through the battlefields of faith and sickness. November 1558. Queen Mary is dying and England is fast approaching a historic and fateful turning-point. Can catholic England survive? Does it deserve to? In Canterbury, John Hewett, an illiterate carpenter, is burdened with a dangerous message from a disturbingly heretical voice claiming to be God. Meanwhile, Archdeacon Harpsfield has arrived in the city, determined to reassert the authority of the church. His young secretary, Francis Coppyn, returns to Canterbury with a mission to uncover the long-buried truth, prevent a second rupture with Rome and continental Europe, and to restore the fortunes of the city.

About the Author
Born and brought up in South London, G.H. Rehling is a father of three, and a graduate in both medicine and English. He worked for many years as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the National Health Service in Kent, where he still lives with his wife and their Labrador, Tess. 'The Dying of the Fire' is his first novel, and he is currently working on a cycle of novels about the police in occupied Paris during WW2.


Book Information
ISBN 9781914913358
Author G.H. Rehling
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint The Conrad Press
Publisher The Conrad Press
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 34mm