Execution 9780007481323 Paperback

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The No. 1Sunday Timesbestselling series set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, perfect for fans of Hilary MantelsWolf Halltrilogy and NetflixsThe CrownGrippingSunday TimesFast-paced and entertainingMail on SundayA TREASONOUS PLOTEngland, 1586.Giordano Bruno, heretic turned spy, passes on vital information to spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and install Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne.A DEADLY TRAPWalsingham, already aware of the plot, is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her support in writing and condemn herself to a traitor’s death.A QUEEN IN DANGERBruno must go undercover, join the conspirators and stop them. A queen is destined to die; Bruno must make sure it is the right onePraise forExecutionA brilliantly realised fictionalisation of the Babington plot against Elizabeth 1ObserverExecutionhas an atmospheric sense of place. The plot twists and turnsThe TimesImmaculate the depth of period detail, the all-enveloping sense of time and place, and the sheer gory dramaMetroSumptuousNew York TimesParriss attention to the details of Elizabethan life and her ability to create characters of depth are again on display in a gripping narrativeThe Sunday TimesFast-paced and entertainingMail on SundayParris is one of the stars of historical crime fiction and this, her sixth Giordano Bruno novel, is among her bestiSuperbly plotted, shimmeringly written, it will have you on the edge of your seatKate Williams, author ofThe Storms of WarAn impressive featMarisa Haetzman, also writes as Ambrose Parry