Fletcher S Triumph

Fletcher's Triumph is a story about a young man who begins his career as a policeman. The setting is a small town in the early 1980s. Fletcher's life takes many unexpected twists and turns. Through it all, he considers himself to be successful and triumphant. He is eventually able to capture true happiness. When Fletcher's back is up against the wall and his character is put to the test, he makes some very difficult decisions. Years later, the choices he has made are like good seeds he has planted and they bear good fruits. Fletcher's life is not controlled by life's circumstance, but by the values that were instilled in him. Fletcher's Triumph has the author's extraordinary wisdom woven into a simple storyline. It is an enjoyable literary journey with insightful treasures to be found.

Giles Fletcher was born around 1586. He was also known as Giles Fletcher the Younger as his father went by the same name. The family was certainly an illustrious one in literary circles. He was the brother of Phineas Fletcher and the cousin of John Fletcher. His father, Giles Fletcher the Elder, is best remembered for the Elizabethan sonnet cycle Licia. Educated at Westminster school and then to Trinity College, Cambridge. He remained in Cambridge after his ordination and became a Reader in Greek Grammar in 1615 and then a Reader in Greek Language in 1618. In 1619 left to become rector of Alderton in Suffolk. His most well-known work is Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death, and comprises of four cantos. The first, Christ's Victory in Heaven, concerns a dispute in heaven between justice and mercy, using the facts of Christ's life on earth; the second, Christ's Victory on Earth, deals with an allegorical account of Christ's Temptation; the third, Christ's Triumph over Death, covers the Passion; and the fourth, Christ's Triumph after Death, covers the Resurrection and Ascension and ends with an affectionate eulogy of his brother Phineas as Thyrsilis. The work is written in the style of Edmund Spenser and Milton was generous in his use of the work in his own Paradise Regained.