Blood on the Strand
Author | : Susanna Gregory |
Publisher | : Sphere |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-01-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 1847440029 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781847440020 |
Rating | : 4/5 (020 Downloads) |
Download or read book Blood on the Strand written by Susanna Gregory and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2007-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebellion is in the air of London in the spring of 1663. Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service, has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin, but soon realises that England's capital is no haven of peace. He is ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession. He soon learns the man is no vagrant, but someone with links to the powerful Company of Barber-Surgeons. He master, the Earl of Clarendon, is locked in a deadly feud with the Earl of Bristol, and an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate. Chaloner is embroiled in a desperate race against time to protect Clarendon, to discover the true identity of the beggar's murderer, and to save a blameless man from the executioner's noose.