The Executioner of St Pauls, Susanna Gregory
The Executioner of St Pauls, Susanna Gregory
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The Executioner of St Paul's
The Twelfth Thomas Chaloner Adventure

Author: Susanna Gregory

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 13 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2017


Synopsis

The plague raging through London in 1665 has emptied the city. The only people left are those too poor to flee, or those who selflessly struggle to control the contagion and safeguard the capital's future.

Amongst them, though, are those prepared to risk their health for money - those who sell dubious 'cures' and hawk food at wildly inflated prices. Also amongst them are those who hold in their hands the future of the city's most iconic building - St Paul's Cathedral.

The handsome edifice is crumbling from decades of neglect and indecision, giving the current custodians a stark choice - repair or demolish. Both sides have fanatical adherents who have been fighting each other since the Civil Wars. Large sums of money have disappeared, major players have mysteriously vanished, and then a unidentified skeleton is discovered in another man's grave.

A reluctant Chaloner returns to London to investigate, only to discover that someone is determined to thwart him by any means - by bullet, poison or bludgeon - and he fears he has very little time to identify the culprits before he becomes yet another victim in the battle for the Cathedral's future.

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 Jaci on May 14, 2020

Set during the plague in London. Almost didn't finish this one.......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on December 29, 2018

This excellently written and very enjoyable book by the author Susanna Gregory is the 12th instalment of the really exciting "Thomas Chaloner" series. Once again I'm happy to say that the historical details concerning this tale has been researched very accurately by the author, and that the story-tel......more

Goodreads review by SushiL on March 09, 2017

Enjoyed this. Love all of her books.......more

Goodreads review by Diana on January 23, 2017

This was terrific. I'm so sad it's over and now I have to wait another year for the next book! :(......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on February 07, 2020

This is the 12th book in the Thomas Chaloner series. London is fully gripped by the plague. Anyone with any money has upped and left, for the safety of the countryside and villages outside the capital. However, Chaloner is sent back into the centre of the city, to investigate the discovery of a skel......more


Quotes

Susanna Gregory has an extraordinary ability to conjure up a strong sense of time and place Choice