The Desperate Remedy: Henry Gresham and the Gunpowder Plot - Hardcover

Praise for Martin Stephen’s A Desperate Remedy

“Intrigue, highlife, and lowlife are brilliantly interwoven in a thriller that has a compelling vividness and pungency. The historical details are utterly convincing; one can see and smell Jacobean England and hear its inhabitants speaking. I do hope Sir Henry Gresham has a long life.” ---Lawrence James, author of Raj and The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

“Considerable effort has gone into the mucky detail of early seventeenth-century London, and the tale is moved on at high speed by Gresham’s well-timed revelations. Stephen has a good feel for the momentary decisions that can help to shape the course of history---as well, of course, as the cowardice, vainglory, and greed.” ---The Times [U.K.]

“A terrific book.” ---The Spectator [U.K.]

Martin Stephen is High Master of the Manchester Grammar School and author of fifteen titles on English literature and military history. "The Desperate Remedy" is his first novel.