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"Giordano Bruno, a heretic turned spy, arrives in England with shocking information for spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring Mary Queen of Scots from prison to take the English throne in her place. Bruno is surprised to...

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Main Author: Parris, S. J., 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Pegasus Crime, 2020.
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Series: Giordano Bruno thriller ; 6.
Subjects:
Bruno, Giordano, > 1548-1600 > Fiction.
Walsingham, Francis, > Sir, > 1530?-1590 > Fiction.
Babington, Anthony, > 1561-1586 > Fiction.
Christian heretics > Fiction.
Philosophers > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Conspiracies > Fiction.
Plymouth (England) > History > 16th century > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603 > Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary: "Giordano Bruno, a heretic turned spy, arrives in England with shocking information for spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring Mary Queen of Scots from prison to take the English throne in her place. Bruno is surprised to find that Walsingham is aware of the plot--led by the young, wealthy noble Anthony Babington--and is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her support in writing--and condemn herself to a traitor's death"--Publisher marketing.
Physical Description: 484 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781643134543
164313454X
Author Notes: S. J. Parris is the pseudonym of Stephanie Merritt. Since graduating from Cambridge, she has worked as a critic for a variety of newspapers and magazines as well as for radio and television. She currently writes for the Guardian in London and is the author of five novels in the Giordano Bruno mystery series. Visit S. J. Parris at www.sjparris.com.

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