![[a-stain-in-the-blood.jpg|250]] **Title:** A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir [[Kenelm Digby]] **Author:** [[Joe Moshenska]] **Year:** 2016 **Pages:** 576 **Media:** Hardback **ISBN:** 0434022896 **Publication:** [[2016]], William Heinemann Ltd - [[∙Melvil Decimal System (DDC)]] - [[9 - History and Geography]] - [[94 - Europe]] - [[942 - England and Wales]] - [[942.0 - England]] - [[942.06 - 1603–1714, House of Stuart and Commonwealth periods]] - [[942.062 - Charles I 1625-49]] **Price:** £13.60 **From:** Amazon **Condition:** New **Bought:** 2016-05-14 **Started:** 2016-07-11 **Finished:** 2016-08-24 **LibraryThings:** [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25324095-a-stain-in-the-blood](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25324095-a-stain-in-the-blood?from_search=true) **GoodReads:** [https://www.librarything.com/work/17761440/](https://www.librarything.com/work/17761440/) **Amazon:** [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0434022896/](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0434022896/) ## Review I enjoyed the first half of the book going over Digby's early years. But the second half recounting his sea adventures was decent but felt a little rushed and the book ends rather abruptly.