Revenger: A John Shakespeare Mystery - Softcover

Clements, Rory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062356240 ISBN 13: 9780062356246

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2014

Synopsis

There will be a terrible reckoning . . .

England is at war with Spain, and Queen Elizabeth's court is torn apart by brutal rivalries among ambitious young courtiers. The inimitable investigator John Shakespeare is dragged from retirement to work for the Earl of Essex, the queen's favorite. His mission is to unravel the mystery behind the doomed Roanoke colony in North America, but instead, he uncovers a plot to kill the aging queen.

With a plague devastating the country, Catholics being tortured, and John's wife keeping secrets from him, Shakespeare has his own survival to secure. Filled with colorful historical detail, Revenger is a stunning novel of savage betrayals and salacious intrigue.

About this title

Review:

Enjoyable, bloody and brutish. (Guardian)

A historical thriller to send a shiver down your spine. (Daily Mail)

Clements can be seen as doing for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's. (Sunday Times)

John Shakespeare is one of the great historical sleuths. (Barry Forshaw)

A colourful history lesson . . . exciting narrative twists. (Sunday Telegraph)

Book Description:

Revenger (John Shakespeare 2) For fans of CJ Sansom and SJ Parris, REVENGER is the fourth in chronological order of Rory Clements' acclaimed and bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers. Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, 'does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062356240
• ISBN 13: 9780062356246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480