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London.Autumn, 1589.In the turbulent year following the near-disaster of the Spanish Armada, ex-artillery captain Will Revill is summoned by the Queen’s Vice-Chamberlain and spymaster Sir Thomas Heneage.Revill is given a secret mission: to travel to the Surrey manor of Sir Abel Stanbury – and kill him.Heneage’s reasons for the order are vague, but his instructions aren’t: Revill must arrange a fatal ‘accident’ for the nobleman.Having experienced his fill of killing since returning from the terrible war in the Low Countries, Revill tries to refuse - until he is given no choice in the matter. His beloved sister Katherine has married a Papist, and in the bitter anti-Catholic climate of these times Heneage has the power to ruin her, or even worse.Accompanied by his loyal ex-sergeant of gunnery, Tom Bright, Revill rides down to Farthingdown Manor with a heavy heart. His cover is that he has been sent by the Queen’s Surveyor of Works to inspect the place as a potential stopover on her next summer progress.Revill finds himself trusted by Lady Gisela Stanbury – and alarmingly, he takes to the eccentric Sir Abel and considers him harmless. Why would Heneage want him eliminated?As well as fr
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- Author
- John Pilkington
- Publisher
- Sharpe Books
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction