The Twylight Tower: An Elizabeth I Mystery - Hardcover

Harper, Karen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038533477X ISBN 13: 9780385334778

Publisher: Delacorte Pubns Inc, 2001

Synopsis

It is May 1560. Less than two years have passed since the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn ascended the throne. As sinister storm clouds gather overhead, twenty-six-year-old Queen Elizabeth bids Godspeed to William Cecil, her most trusted adviser, on his way to Scotland for crucial negotiations. Handsome, ambitious Lord Robert Dudley is at her side. Months later, there he remains, his fragile wife, Amy, tucked away in the country, far from Elizabeth's court. But their leisurely midsummer idyll is cut abruptly short when the court's master lutenist plunges to his death from a parapet beneath the queen's window. The loyal servants of Elizabeth's privy council do not accept the official verdict of accidental death.
Their fears are borne out when another tragedy rocks the realm, and points the way to a conspiracy to bring down Elizabeth and seize the throne. As ill winds of treachery swirl and eddy around the royal court, and suspicion falls on those within Elizabeth's intimate circle of trusted allies and admirers, a vengeful enemy slips from the shadows... a traitorous usurper who would be sovereign.

About this title

Review:

Harper s exquisite mastery of the period, lively dialogue, energetic plot, devious characters, and excellent rendition of the willful queen make this a pleasure....
Library Journal
An intoxicating blending of historical pageantry with 21st-century suspense laced with high drama and deadly intrigue.
Abilene Reporter-News (Tex.)"

"Harper's exquisite mastery of the period, lively dialogue, energetic plot, devious characters, and excellent rendition of the willful queen make this a pleasure...."
-Library Journal

"An intoxicating blending of historical pageantry with 21st-century suspense laced with high drama and deadly intrigue."
-Abilene Reporter-News (Tex.)

About the Author:

Karen Harper is the author of two previous Elizabeth I mysteries, The Tidal Poole and The Poyson Garden, as well as a number of contemporary suspense and historical novels. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, and Naples, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pubns Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 038533477X
• ISBN 13: 9780385334778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 289