Now and Then Stab, Anna Castle
Now and Then Stab, Anna Castle
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Now and Then Stab

Author: Anna Castle

Narrator: Philip Battley

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Anna Castle

Published: 08/01/2021

Synopsis

London, 1593. An anonymous ballad calls for violence. The mayor offers 100 crowns for the author’s name. Thomas Clarady wants that money and drags Francis Bacon in to help.Then the authorities turn on two popular playmakers. One is tortured. Another is killed in a brawl. The official story seems plausible, but Tom doesn’t buy it. He refuses stop digging, uncovering a plot best left buried.Bacon and his team must hazard their lives to find the truth. Whether justice can be obtained is another matter.

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Goodreads review by Susan

1593 Francis Bacon is at the moment out of favour with the Queen, and Thomas Clarady needs money to sue for his livery in the Court of Wards. So he is pleased to see a reward offered by the Lord Mayor for the author of a ballad that incites violence against foreign refugees. For this he will need th......more

Goodreads review by Avis

Another tale of mystery and intrigue. How can trying to find the author of an anonymous ballad become so life threatening? Why is a playwright tortured? How can Tom Clarady’s friend be killed in a brawl? The world of spies and zealots is a dangerous place and Tom takes one step too far into this rea......more

Goodreads review by Andrea

Another Francis Bacon mystery! I just love these books. Elizabethan history plus a mystery? What else could a Tudorphile ask for? Kit Marlowe (playwright some call him, others swear he's a spy and a rake) is killed in a brawl, Bacon fights with the privy council [note: everyone fought with the privy......more

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