Maelstrom (Timms novel)

{{Short description|1938 novel by E.V. Timms}}

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| caption = First edition

| author = E. V. Timms

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| genre = historical

| publisher = Angus and Robertson

| release_date = 1938

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| pages = 465pp

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Maelstrom is a novel by Australian writer E. V. Timms. It is set in 17th century France in the period following the death of Cardinal Richelieu.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25557100 |title=E. V. Timms' New Novel France in the Days of Richelieu and Mazarin. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=1 October 1938 |accessdate=19 October 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36591855 |title=LATEST FICTION. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=12 November 1938 |accessdate=19 October 2014 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

The novel was revised and republished in 1955 as Ten Wicked Men.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71888848 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=18 June 1955 |accessdate=19 October 2014 |page=42 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}