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A brilliant and enthralling debut historical thriller in the vein of C.J. Sansom. London, 1563. England is a troubled nation. Catholic plots against the young Queen Elizabeth spring up all over the country. The herald William Harley -- known to everyone as Clarenceux - receives a book from his friend and fellow Catholic, Henry Machyn. But Machyn is in fear of his life...What secret can the book hold? And then Clarenceux is visited by the State in the form of Francis Walsingham and his ruthless enforcers, who will stop at nothing to gain possession of it. If Clarenceux and his family are to…
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5 editions- Other · English · 2013Sourcebooks, Incorporated · 9781283598538
- Other · English · 2012Sourcebooks, Incorporated · 9781402272677
- Other · English · 2011Magna Large Print Books · 9780750534826
- Other · English · 2011Headline Publishing Group · 480 pages · 9780755356034
- Other · English · 2010Headline Publishing Group · 416 pages · 9780755356010
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