Martyr
by:
Rory Clements (author)
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Rory Clements's Revenger.A young woman is found murdered, her body marked with profane symbols. Even more shocking, she’s one of Queen Elizabeth’s aristocratic cousins. Is there a connection between this tragedy and a plot to assassinate Sir Francis...
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Rory Clements's Revenger.A young woman is found murdered, her body marked with profane symbols. Even more shocking, she’s one of Queen Elizabeth’s aristocratic cousins. Is there a connection between this tragedy and a plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake—a plot that, if successful, could leave England defenseless in the face of
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ASIN: B00296SVHW
Pages no: 402
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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