The Queens Man, Rory Clements
The Queens Man, Rory Clements
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The Queen's Man
John Shakespeare - The Beginning

Author: Rory Clements

Narrator: Gareth Armstrong

Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/27/2014

Synopsis

For fans of CJ Sansom and SJ Parris, THE QUEEN'S MAN introduces the Queen's Spy John Shakespeare in Rory Clements' acclaimed and bestselling series of Tudor spy thrillers. Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, 'does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times

England is a Judas nest of conspiracy

It is 1582, and the conflict between Protestant and Catholic threatens to tear the country in two. While Queen Elizabeth I holds the reins of power, there are those whose loyalty lies with her imprisoned cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.

On his first major mission for Sir Francis Walsingham, the young John Shakespeare is ordered to discover a conspiracy to free the Stuart queen from Sheffield Castle. All too soon, he realises that the tentacles of the plot reach deep into his native Warwickshire and threaten his own friends and family. His duty lies with Elizabeth - but how far will he go to protect those he loves?

(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton

About Rory Clements

Rory Clements is the award-winning author of the John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers. His six acclaimed novels, Martyr, Revenger, Prince, Traitor, The Heretics and The Queen's Man, follow Elizabeth's Intelligencer, John Shakespeare, brother to the playwright William, through the dark underworld of Tudor England as he unmasks the traitors and conspirators who plot against the Queen. Rory Clements won the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award in 2010 for Revenger, and has been shortlisted for CWA Awards for Martyr, Prince and The Heretics. A TV series is currently in development. Find out more at www.roryclements.co.uk

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens

Read this book in 2014, and this book is the 6th in the series, but the 1st in chronological order, and we are going back to the year, AD1582. In this mystery John Shakespeare is sent by his then boss, Spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham to investigate the rumours of a conspiracy to free the Catholic's......more

Goodreads review by Babel

Un misterio histórico muy bien retratado. Reseña en Torre de Babel: La rivalidad religiosa ha clavado unas uñas profundas en el reino de Inglaterra. Por un lado, los católicos luchan por preservar la fe mientras conspiran por liberar a su reina, María Estuardo, quien languidece en una prisión. Al otr......more

Goodreads review by Simon

Another good read in what is fast becoming one of my favorite historical mystery series. This one provides the back story for John Shakespeare, the hero. He is you-know-who's older brother, and in this particular outing, Will and his fiancee Anne Hathaway play major roles. As usual, Clements provide......more

Quotes

*GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Reader Recommends*: I could not put down THE QUEEN'S MAN by Rory Clements Good Housekeeping READER RECOMMENDS

The sixth in Rory Clements' enjoyable series of Elizabethan thrillers featuring John Shakespeare ... Clements has the edge when it comes to creating a lively, fast-moving plot. The Sunday Times

Sixteenth-century London comes alive in all its tawdriness. Daily Mail

Enjoyable, bloody and brutish. Guardian

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