Blood On The Strand: 2 (Adventures of Thomas Chaloner) - Softcover

Gregory, Susanna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751537594 ISBN 13: 9780751537598

Verlag: Sphere, 2008

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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.

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Fans will be pleased to hear that Susanna Gregory has yet again hit on a winning formula of taking a likeable main character, involving him in a gripping plot and setting them within a commendably realistic setting. It is another bravura performance. (HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW)

Gregory tells an extremely complicated tale with great clarity and riveting excitement. (REVIEWINGTHEEVIDENCE.COM)

Biografía del autor

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen 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, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.

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• Verlag: Sphere
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0751537594
• ISBN 13: 9780751537598
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464