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| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| ISBN 13 | 9780751537581 |
| Book Description | The dour days of Cromwell are over. Charles II is well established at White Hall Palace, his mistress at hand in rooms over the Holbein bridge, the heads of some of the regicides on public display. London seethes with new energy, freed from the strictures of the Protectorate, but many of its inhabitants have lost their livelihoods. One is Thomas Chaloner, a reluctant spy for the feared Secretary of State, John Thurloe, and now returned from Holland in desperate need of employment. His erstwhile boss, knowing he has many enemies at court, recommends Thomas to Lord Clarendon, but in return demands that Thomas keep him informed of any plot against him. But what Thomas discovers is that Thurloe had sent another ex-employee to White Hall and he is dead, supposedly murdered by footpads near the Thames. Chaloner volunteers to investigate his killing: instead he is despatched to the Tower to unearth the gold buried by the last Governor. He discovers not treasure, but evidence that greed and self-interest are uppermost in men's minds whoever is in power, and that his life has no value to either side. |
| Editorial Review | Susanna Gregory--creator of the Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew--returns with an enthralling new mystery series set in Restoration London. A must for fans of historical whodunits. The pseudonymous author Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic. Writing under the pseudonym Simon Beaufort, she is also the author of the Sir Geoffrey Mappestone Mysteries. Susanna Gregory creator of the Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew returns with an enthralling new mystery series set in Restoration London. A must for fans of historical whodunits. The pseudonymous author Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic. Writing under the pseudonym Simon Beaufort, she is also the author of the Sir Geoffrey Mappestone Mysteries. |
| About the Author | Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology. She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Susanna Gregory |
| Publication Date | 3/1/2007 |
| Number of Pages | 512 |
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