Tne Venom of Serpents, part two of the Arrowsmith Saga, by Dane St. John. Read by R.D. Watson, with music by Michael Stephen Decker. Unabridged CD audiobook.
In the second segment of David Arrowsmith’s dramatic narrative, nectar—the wine that flows between England and France during the 14th century—truly turns to venom as Jean Créton continues to record the man’s scintillating account. This as they nervously await Hugh Lawrence of Colchester to reveal himself at the Scottish friary and reclaim the panel of saints in David’s possession. The story resumes in the year 1370, when David has married the ravishing Eleanor, taken over the Pelican Tavern Inn in London, and recommenced his apprenticeship in the wine trade. Little Jack is now three, and although he is not his natural son, David raises him as his own, even as he longs to learn the identity of Eleanor’s wicked attacker. With civil wars brewing in Brittany and Spain, and France and England openly fighting, the truce has ended and the Hundred Years’ War is again in full swing, threatening to bring everyone into its fold. In backing Edward the Black Prince and the Plantagenets, David distances himself from the Lancaster faction, including John of Gaunt and Hugh Lawrence, eventually earning their hatred, while John Wycliffe struggles to bridge them, and John Ball dreams of revolution.
Tne Venom of Serpents, part two of the Arrowsmith Saga, by Dane St. John. Read by R.D. Watson, with music by Michael Stephen Decker. Unabridged CD audiobook.
