16th century crime
16th century London
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Andrew Taylor
Author_Faye Kellerman
brutal crimes
C.J. Sansom
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Category=FV
court of Queen Elizabeth I
court politics
Elizabeth I
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historical crime
historical murder mystery
historical novel
historical romance
historical thriller
Jewish physician
Jewish religion
murder mystery
Paul Doherty
religious tensions
S.J. Parris
Shardlake
Spanish Inquisition torture
The Inquisition
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
Product details
- ISBN 9780747257622
- Weight: 373g
- Dimensions: 110 x 176mm
- Publication Date: 13 Nov 1997
- Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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1593: Elizabethan London seethes with political and religious intrigue, while across the sea thousands perish in the flames of the Spanish Inquisition. On the surface Roderigo, the Queen's physician, is a loyal subject of the Crown but secretly he and his family are Jewish conversos, hiding their illegal religion. Rebecca, Roderigo's daughter, is torn between her duty - which includes a loveless marriage to a converso - and her fascination with the heady world of Elizabethan London. Slipping out of her household one night, disguised as a man, Rebecca stumbles into a swordfight with someone equally romantic and heedless: Will Shakespeare, an ambitious young dramatist who, like Rebecca, has secrets to conceal and mysteries to unravel. Together, they embark on an adventure that plunges them into the sinks and stews of Elizabethan England - and into the course of history itself...
Faye Kellerman lives witth her husband, novelist and psychologist Jonathan Kellerman, in Los Angeles.
