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International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
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In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue. As William's star rises, Richard's onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty. So when a priceless manuscript goes missing,...
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In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, knows that the peal of bells she hears will summon her husband once more to power, intrigue, and a passionate love affair with the young queen. Elizabeth's excited triumph is short-lived. She has inherited a bankrupt country where treason is normal and foreign war...
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900L
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English
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This is the concluding volume of the saga of Barnabus Sackett, patriarch of that family. He returns to England, where he learns of an order for his arrest. The gold coins he found in Sackett's land are thought to be the royal treasure King John lost in the Wash during the time of the Crusades. After encountering some old friends and enemies from the previous book, he returns to America with Abigail, his new bride. He establishes a community between...
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Pub. Date
2008
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438 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife,...
6) Treachery
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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566, 14 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Sir Francis Drake is preparing to launch a daring expedition against the Spanish when a murder aboard his ship changes everything. Giordano Bruno agrees to hunt the killer down, only to find that more than one deadly plot is brewing in Plymouth's murky underworld. And as Bruno tracks a murderer through its dangerous streets, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the future of England itself.
7) Conspiracy
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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504 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
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English
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"December 1585: King Henry III of France is the last of his line. He has appointed a Protestant as his successor, which has caused a three-way war in his country. As a result, the king is in mortal fear of a coup being orchestrated by the ultra-conservative Catholic League. Radical philosopher, ex-monk and spy Giordano Bruno, forced to return to Paris, is called upon by King Henry to unearth the motivation behind several mysterious but linked deaths....
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When several of Queen Elizabeth I's maids of honor are found dead, rumors of black magic abound. Elizabeth calls upon Giordano Bruno to solve the crimes, along with the help of her personal astrologer, John Dee. But while Dee turns to a mysterious medium claiming knowledge of the murders, Bruno fears something far more sinister is at work.
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First e-book edition.
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1 online resource.
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English
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Sergeant Dodd and Sir Robert Carey are still in London, but Carey knows he must return to Carlisle as the raiding season is about to begin. Before he can leave, he is waylaid by his powerful father, Henry, Lord Hunsdon, and ordered to solve a mystery surrounding a body found in the Thames. And as much as Dodd hates London, he desires vengeance for his mistreatment by the Queen's Vice Chamberlain, Thomas Heneage, and hires a mysterious young lawyer...
10) Execution
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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484 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Giordano Bruno, a heretic turned spy, arrives in England with shocking information for spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring Mary Queen of Scots from prison to take the English throne in her place. Bruno is surprised to find that Walsingham is aware of the plot--led by the young, wealthy noble Anthony Babington--and is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her...
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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xii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Seeking his fortune in sixteenth-century London, young wordsmith William Shakespeare joins a band of players before he is dispatched to Venice on an assignment that renders him the target of Catholic assassins and a shadowy killer.
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 online resource.
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English
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When Sir Robert Carey discovers the Grahams' plan to kidnap Elizabeth Widdrington as she journeys home to her husband, he races to stop them. But while he's away, the man he has just sacked from his post of paymaster to the Carlisle garrison is found murdered and Carey's servant Barnabus is accused of the crime. His arch enemy Sir Richard Lowther attempts to frame Carey for organizing the murder and even his faithful Sergeant Dodd is prepared to believe...
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 online resource.
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English
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In 1592, Sir Robert Carey arrives at the Anglo-Scottish Border to take up his new position as the Deputy Warden of the West March in Carlisle, England. He is tasked with keeping the peace between England and Scotland, and he hopes this move will allow him to hide from his creditors and the disapproving eye of his father. But murder, betrayal, and corruption abound in the borderlands, and Carey realizes his job will be more challenging than he expected....
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (252 pages).
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English
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In 1592 London, Sir Robert Carey returns home at the behest of his father to assist Sergeant George Dodd in an investigation to help clear his older brother's name in a devious plot to discredit the family.
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First e-book edition.
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1 online resource.
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English
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Sir Robert Carey is ordered by Queen Elizabeth I to investigate the death of Amy Dudley, the wife of one of her former suitors Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. But his sleuthing soon puts his life in danger and he learns that his closest confidant, Sergeant Dodd, has disappeared. As Carey races to uncover the truth and find Dodd, he uncovers shocking secrets surrounding Amy's death.
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Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
20) Westward ho!
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Pub. Date
1855
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604 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Enormously popular when published, Westward Ho! is the saga of Elizabethan sailors from the Devonshire coast who sail off into the unknown to found an empire for their queen. Moving at a breathless pace from start to finish, the story of the sailors' adventures and conflicts with the Spanish make it an exhilarating read.