A Murder On London Bridge, Susanna Gregory
A Murder On London Bridge, Susanna Gregory
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A Murder On London Bridge
5

Author: Susanna Gregory

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 14 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2021


Synopsis

1664. There is an electric air of foreboding on the streets of London. An atmosphere Thomas Chaloner fears will only take a small spark to ignite into another civil war. . .

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The fifth adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series

Thomas Chaloner has forged a living as spy to the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, since the early days of the Restoration. Now, in February 1664, he is aware of an undercurrent of restlessness on the streets of London. The coffee houses are thick with rumours. There is anger at the new laws governing church attendance and a deepening contempt for the loucheness of the court. And there is murder.

The infamous church-smasher Dick Culmer is killed among the tottering, ramshackle buildings of London Bridge and Chaloner's investigations into the death link Culmer to a group of puritan conspirators. Further west, in the opulence of Somerset House and in the Palace of White Hall, Chaloner gradually realises that the ring-leaders of a rebellion are planning an explosive climax to achieve their goals. Desperately racing against time, Chaloner is determined to thwart them - as determined as they are to prevent him revealing their true intentions ...

About Susanna Gregory

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked eighteen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology.She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London. She now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on November 08, 2021

Read this book in 2012, and its the 5th episode of the wonderful "Thomas Chaloner" series. It starts with a murder on London Bridge, and Lord Clarendon fears a rebellion against the newly restored monarchy of King Charles II. Thomas Chaloner, spy now for Lord Clarendon, but also a friend and spy for h......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on October 23, 2019

It’s February 1664. Many of London’s populace are disgruntled by laws that have been passed giving strict regulations about worshiping the Anglican way. When Charles II was restored to the throne, the people believed that religious tolerance would be exercised, and now feel that they’ve been misled.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 19, 2018

My second Susanna Gregory book, this time with detective Thomas Chaloner—to my mind a great improvement over her other one, Matthew Bartholomew. It’s 1664, the English monarchy has been restored to the throne (and is already proving unpopular for its lewdness and licentiousness), Catholicism is all......more

Goodreads review by Janet on January 04, 2024

Fascinating The hatred that exist between the various religious is amazing. How a belief in a loving God could be distorted for personal reasons explains why so many fled England for the New World.......more

Goodreads review by Morris on April 02, 2022

lot of fun to read......more