Parson Kelly

In the snowy winter streets of Paris, a retired colonel and a clergyman with a gift for finding trouble become entangled in the most dangerous game in Europe: the Jacobite cause. Nicholas Wogan, bold as brass, and Parson Kelly, whose pious name masks a cunning mind, navigate a world of secret meetings, coded messages, and false friends. A. E. W. Mason, better known for The Four Feathers, crafts a witty tale of political intrigue where the fate of kingdoms hangs on the whims of two unlikely heroes whose friendship survives counter-espionage, imprisonment, and the endless scheming of exiled Stuart claimants. It's a romp through the early 18th century, where comedy of manners clashes with high stakes, and no one is quite what they seem.