title: Maelstrom (Timms novel)
text: # Maelstrom (Timms novel)
  
  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.
  
  The novel was revised and republished in 1955 as Ten Wicked Men.
  
  