The Butcher Of Smithfield
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$27.25
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2009
Summary
Thomas Chaloner, just returned from a clandestine excursion to Spain and Portugal on behalf of the Queen, finds London dank and grey under leaden skies. He finds many things changed, including the Government slapping a tax on printed newspapers. Handwritten news reports escape the duty, and the rivalry between the producers of the two conduits of news is the talk of the coffee houses with the battle to be first with any sort of intelligence escalating into violent rivalry. And it seems that a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751539547 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751539546 |
| Author: | Susanna Gregory |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 346g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Adventures of Thomas Chaloner |
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About The Author
Susanna Gregory
Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic and the creator of the popular Matthew Bartholomew series.
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