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Book SynopsisPerfect for fans of C.J. Sansom.
A short story featuring Giordano Bruno: heretic, philosopher and spy, from Parris’s Sunday Times bestselling series.
Trade ReviewPraise for S. J. Parris:
- ‘It has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history’ Kate Mosse
- ‘Impossible to resist … Parris creates a convincing sense of the past, woven with so much intrigue that the head fairly spins’ Daily Telegraph
- ‘Parris writes with confident ease of Tudor London … The dialogue balances nicely on a tightrope of period phrases and cut-to-the-chase colloquialisms. More, please’ The Times
- ‘Full of surprises … an imaginatively satisfying addition to the many real intrigues surrounding the imprisoned Mary Stuart and the threats to Elizabeth’s security’ TLS
- ‘Fascinating … The period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping’ Conn Iggulden
- ‘A brilliantly unusual glimpse at the intrigues surrounding Queen Elizabth I’ Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The American Boy
