The Black Rose

Thomas B. Costain

Aug 2010 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by David Case

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17 hr 45 min

Unabridged

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Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired by Friar Bacon, he determines to travel to China. With his friend Tristam, he fights his way to the heart of the fabulous Mongol Empire, and returns famous, to find that he must choose between the first love he thought lost and the exotic flower that he found in the East.

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Thomas B. Costain has written many well-received novels, including The Magnificent Century and The Last Plantagenets among others.

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