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Introducing Will Somers, the king''s jester but nobody''s fool in this exuberant, intriguing and thoroughly entertaining mystery set in Tudor England - the first in a new series from the author of the critically acclaimed Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series.

1529, London. Jester Will Somers enjoys an enviable position at the court of Henry VIII. As the king''s entertainer, chief gossip-monger, spy and loyal adviser, he knows all of the king''s secrets - and almost everyone else''s within the walls of Greenwich Palace.

But when Will discovers the body of Spanish count Don Gonzalo while walking his trusted sidekick Nosewise in the courtyard gardens, and a blackmail note arrives soon after demanding information about the king, is one of his own closely guarded secrets about to be exposed? Trouble is afoot at the palace. Are the king''s enemies plotting a move against him? Will must draw on all his wit and ingenuity to get to the bottom of the treachero

Courting Dragons

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    A Hardback by Jeri Westerson

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      Publisher Canongate Books
      Published 3 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781448309870
      978-1448309870
      ISBN-10 1448309875

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Introducing Will Somers, the king''s jester but nobody''s fool in this exuberant, intriguing and thoroughly entertaining mystery set in Tudor England - the first in a new series from the author of the critically acclaimed Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series.

      1529, London. Jester Will Somers enjoys an enviable position at the court of Henry VIII. As the king''s entertainer, chief gossip-monger, spy and loyal adviser, he knows all of the king''s secrets - and almost everyone else''s within the walls of Greenwich Palace.

      But when Will discovers the body of Spanish count Don Gonzalo while walking his trusted sidekick Nosewise in the courtyard gardens, and a blackmail note arrives soon after demanding information about the king, is one of his own closely guarded secrets about to be exposed? Trouble is afoot at the palace. Are the king''s enemies plotting a move against him? Will must draw on all his wit and ingenuity to get to the bottom of the treachero

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