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The Wolfshead

In the 1550's the great kingdoms of Europe were jockeying for power and position. Plot and counterplot, conspiracy and intrigue were the order of the day for king, queen and commoner. Men were feted one day and beheaded the next. In such times a man of high degree could be outlawed for no other reason than that his name alone might tip a delicate balance of treachery the wrong way. This was the case with John Aumarle, Earl of Bristol.

Having sought refuge in France from the conniving of "Bloody- Mary" Tudor, he found himself a pawn in the maneuvering of Henri II of France to bring Mary of Scotland to the English throne. But since Aumarle's sympathies lay in a direction entirely opposite to the French king's, he and his followers became outlaws in France “wolfsheads" sought both by English assassins and by Henri's soldiers. Their only recourse was the sea-and the pirate stronghold of the Scilly Islands. And in the Scillies began a sea adventure even stranger and more daring than their French enterprises.

Here is a stirring tale of loyalty and treachery, of subtle intrigue and fierce sea fighting on the Spanish Main. The Wolfshead is a historical novel in the old tradition. Full of the lusty humor and robust life of the sixteenth century

310 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1949