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Gilbert Parker's Complete Embers compresses passion and loss into carefully wrought verses that burn with restrained intensity, using minimal language to suggest profound emotional upheaval. His poems reward close reading with unexpected depths beneath their seemingly simple surfaces.

The sixth volume of a late 19th-century historical novel set against British and French conflict. At the Royal Court in Jersey, Admiral Prince Philip d'Avranche faces consequences for past actions, while Guida, who was wronged, seeks her dignity and her child back.