The Gallows Murders : Being the Fifth Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Murders Perpetrated in the Reign of King Henry VIII

Clynes, Michael (P.C. Doherty)

ISBN 10: 0747213607 / ISBN 13: 9780747213604

Edité par Headline, London, 1995

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Very lightly bumped, slightly cocked. Binding just beginning to crack at the author's note at end of book. Page ends tanned and a bit soiled. Jacket in mylar. Signed by the author on the Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Gallows Murders : Being the Fifth Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Murders Perpetrated in the Reign of King Henry VIII
• Éditeur: Headline, London
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0747213607
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780747213604
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

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Synopsis

King Henry VIII has moved his court to Windsor, whilst the kingdom is being governed by Cardinal Wolsey. Someone is sending the King threatening letters, so Wolsey sends for Shallot and Daunbey, who reluctantly go to London to find the answers.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the summer of 1523, the hot weather and the sweating sickness provide a fertile breeding ground for terrible murders and the most treasonable conspiracies. King Henry VIII has moved the court to Windsor where he slakes his lusts whilst the kingdom is governed by his first minister, Cardinal Wolsey. Someone is sending the King threatening letters from the Tower, under the name and seal of Edward, one of the princes supposedly murdered there, demanding that great amounts of gold be left in different parts of London. If the orders are not carried out, proclamations will be published throughout the capital which, coinciding with the outbreak of plague, may make it look as though the hand of God has turned against the Tudors for usurping the throne. Wolsey has only two people to turn to: his beloved nephew, Benjamin Daunbey, and Daunbey's faithful servant, Roger Shallot. Benjamin and Roger become embroiled in the murky Tudor underworld and the pressure to solve the mysteries mounts when King Henry threatens that Roger Shallot's life depends on it.