ANGEL'S MARK: a gripping tale of espionage and murder in elizabethan london
โ Scribed by S. W. Perry
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books; Corvus
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 335 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1786494930
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โฆ Synopsis
**Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Fiction****Dagger,**2019
A Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019
'A gorgeous book - rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure... Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.' Rory Clements
LONDON, 1590.
Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering.
And a killer is at work, preying on the weak and destitute of London...
****Idealistic physician Nicholas Shelby becomes determined to end these terrible murders. Joined in his investigations by Bianca, a beautiful but mysterious tavern keeper, the pair find themselves caught in the middle of a sinister plot.
With the killer still at large, Bianca finds herself in terrible danger.
Nicholas's choice seems impossible - to save Bianca, or save...
โฆ Subjects
Mysteries
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