Martyr
A spellbinding, utterly gripping historical mystery from the award-winning, SUNDAY TIMES bestseller
$22.50
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2010
Summary
England is close to war. Within days the axe could fall on the neck of Mary Queen of Scots, and Spain is already gathering a battle fleet to avenge her. Tensions in Elizabeth I’s government are at breaking point. At the eye of the storm is John Shakespeare, chief intelligencer in the secret service of Sir Francis Walsingham. When an intercept reveals a plot to assassinate England’s “sea dragon”, Francis Drake, Shakespeare is ordered to protect him. With Drake on land fitting out his ships, he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848540781 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848540787 |
| Author: | Rory Clements |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 293g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 142mm x 28mm |
| Series: | John Shakespeare |
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Critics Review
Clements can be seen as doing for Elizabeth’s reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII’s.
A colourful history lesson…leavened by exciting narrative twists - The Sunday Telegraph
The joy of this book is the way it interweaves commonly known history with the story. The atmosphere and attention to detail will commend this book to devotees of the period - CrimesquadAn engrossing thriller - Washington PostBeautifully done … alive and tremendously engrossing - Daily TelegraphEnjoyable, bloody and brutish - GuardianAn excellent debut - Publishers WeeklyCaptivates and carries one along through the strength of its plot and its intelligent main character - Dallas Morning NewsSharp and challenging, this book is missed at one’s peril - Oxford TimesAbout The Author
Rory Clements
Author Rory Clements has had a long and successful newspaper career including being Features Editor and Associate Editor of Today, Editor of the Daily Mail’s Good Health Pages and, most recently, Editor of the health section at the Evening Standard. He is now writing full-time in an idyllic corner of Norfolk.
‘I have a healthy obsession with the 16th century,’ says Clements. ‘I love the world as it then was, the characters, the conspiracies and the extraordinary resolve of people who were willing to cast themselves adrift into uncharted oceans with no way of knowing whether they would ever return. I wanted to explore, too, the contrast between the barbarity of men like the licensed sadist Richard Topcliffe and the humanity of William Shakespeare, the glitter and glamour of Elizabeth’s court and the squalor of the streets. So different and yet so similar to the world we now inhabit with its religious tensions and great movements of people.’
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