Revenger: A Novel of Tudor Intrigue

Revenger: A Novel of Tudor Intrigue

In his critically acclaimed debut thriller, Martyr, Rory Clements introduced readers to the unforgettable John Shakespeare, chief intelligencer to Queen Elizabeth I and older brother to Will.

Now, five years later, the Queen needs Shakespeareâ€™s services once more. Not only is England still at war with Spain, but her court is riven by savage infighting among ambitious young courtiers.

Shakespeare is summoned by Elizabethâ€™s cold but deadly Privy Councillor Sir Robert Cecil and ordered to undertake two linked missions: to investigate the mystery of the doomed Roanoke colony in North Americaâ€”Sir Walter Raleghâ€™s follyâ€”and to spy on Cecilâ€™s rival, the dashing Earl of Essex.

Essex is the brightest star in the firmament, the Queenâ€™s favorite. But when Shakespeare enters Essexâ€™s dissolute world, he discovers not only that the Queen herself is in danger, but that he and his family are also targets. With a plague devastating the country, Catholics facing persecution and martyrdom at the hands of an infamous torturer, and Johnâ€™s own wife, Catherine, possibly protecting a priestâ€”Shakespeare has his own survival to secure, as well as that of his fading but still feisty Queen.

Filled with the flavor and facts of a tumultuous time in English history, Revenger is a stunning novel of savage rivalries and reprisals from an author swiftly becoming a known master of historical suspense.
Country USA
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-06-21
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780385342841

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2011-06-21
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780385342841

Revenger: A Novel of Tudor Intrigue

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