Martyr
by:
Rory Clements (author)
In this ingenious debut, Rory Clements introduces John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England’s most remarkable investigator, and delivers a tale of murder and conspiracy that succeeds brilliantly as both historical fiction and a crime thriller. In a burnt-out house, one of Queen Elizabeth’s...
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In this ingenious debut, Rory Clements introduces John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England’s most remarkable investigator, and delivers a tale of murder and conspiracy that succeeds brilliantly as both historical fiction and a crime thriller. In a burnt-out house, one of Queen Elizabeth’s aristocratic cousins is found murdered, her young flesh marked with profane symbols. At
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00ICN507U
Publisher: Witness Impulse
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
16th Century
Series: John Shakespeare (#1)
I'm glad to be finally finished. That book felt like it took forever to read. If it hadn't been a More Historical Than Fiction read I probably would have dropped it. Maybe I should have dropped it. Oh well. It's not that it's a bad book or anything; I just couldn't get into it. I'm not sure why I ...
First of all, let's just take a moment to appreciate that I finally finished a monthly read for More Historical Than Fiction. Yay, me! I know, I know. That's not really applause worthy, but I'm taking my successes where I can get them. ;-) This book was a quick, enjoyable read for me. As a fast-p...
I appreciated this "Elizabethan Thriller" not so much for its mystery as for its historical detail and for the lively writing. I thought at first that making John Shakespeare William's older and less known brother was a bit precious, but fortunately it wasn't over-insisted upon and Will only made a ...
3.5 stars http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/08/martyr-by-rory-clements.html
A short notice purchase, it was the best of sainsbury's limited selection... ... And it was truely dire! There was a believeable framework, but there was superimposed on this a far fetched mess of a story. Set in Elizabeth 1's reign, it concerns the unravelling of a plot by the Spanish to kill Sir F...
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