Sacred Treason
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781283598538 (1283598531)
Publish date: January 1st 2012
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages no: 479
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
16th Century
Series: Clarenceux Trilogy (#1)
Sacred Treason is a historical thriller, set in 1563 England. Elizabeth I's loyal servants, led by Cecil and Walsingham, are doing their best to track down treasonous plots against the young queen. And they think they've stumbled on a conspiracy of unreformed Catholics. Unfortunately for William...
This novel was suggested to me by several people as a good follow up to C J Sansom's Shardlake series. Though this takes place later, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, there are some notable similarities.Our hero in Sacred Treason is a 40-something herald, William Harley Clarenceux King of Arms. ...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/129677471
There's a couple of things I really hate in novels. This one contained a classic - where a character does something stupid (a la Hardy) or out of character in order to move the plot along. I threw this book down up when the hero managed to kill the physcopath's brother - even after he'd been tortur...
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