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Holy Spy
- John Shakespeare 7
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Publisher's Summary
For fans of C J Sansom and S J Parris, Holy Spy features the Queen's Intelligencer John Shakespeare in the latest of Rory Clements' acclaimed and best-selling series of Tudor spy thrillers.
Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, "does for Elizabeth's reign what C.J. Sansom does for Henry VIII's" (Sunday Times).
In London's smoky taverns, a conspiracy is brewing: a group of wealthy, young Catholic dissidents plot to assassinate Elizabeth, free Mary Queen of Scots - and open England to Spanish invasion. But the conspirators have been infiltrated by Sir Francis Walsingham's top intelligencer, John Shakespeare. Shakespeare, however, is torn: The woman he loves stands accused of murder.
In a desperate race against time, he must save her from the noose and the realm from treachery. And then it dawns that both investigations are inextricably linked - by corruption very close to the seat of power....
Critic Reviews
"Enjoyable, bloody and brutish." ( Guardian)
"Real quality...faster moving than C. J. Sansom...very, very well done." ( Front Row, BBC Radio 4)
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- Henry Tilney
- 13-01-2022
A powerful story beautifully read
This story uses as its spring the tragic plot by Anthony Babington and his Catholic friends to murder Elizabeth and put her cousin, Mary, on the English throne. The story is read with great intelligence - a wonderful success. This is probably my favourite Rory Clements novel. Thank you sincerely, Audible, for this gem.
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