The Jealous God Patrick O'Brian the newly named Imrhien must

the newly named Imrhien must survive a wilderness of endless danger

involving a cast of bent lawyers

this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus

Translated from the Swedish by Ian Giles

But this time the Witch has met her match

The Jealous God Patrick O'Brian the newly named Imrhien mustThirty year old virgin Vincent Dungarvan is a schoolmaster whose mother desperately wishes him to become a Roman Catholic Priest. But on meeting Laura intelligent, warm and erotically attractive Vincent becomes torn between his intended vocation and a passionate desire to marry her. This is a powerful and deeply moving tale of divine calling versus mortal desire. Bradford born John Braine ranks alongside Kingsley Amis, John Osborne and Allan Sillitoe