The Saracen's Mark, 3 - (The Jackdaw Mysteries) by S W Perry (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"London, 1593. Five years on from the Armada and England is taking its first faltering steps towards a future as a global power. Nicholas Shelby - reluctant spy and maverick physician - and his companion Bianca Merton are settling into a life on Bankside. But in London there is always a plot afoot... Robert Cecil, the Queen's spymaster, once again recruits Nicholas to embark on a dangerous undercover mission that will take him to the back alleys of Marrakech in search of a missing informer. However, while Nicholas hunts for the truth across the seas, plague returns once more to London - ravaging the streets and threatening those dearest to him. Can Bianca and Nicholas' budding relationship weather the threats of pestilence and conspiracy? And will Nicholas survive the dangers of his mission in a hostile city to return safely home?"--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Betrayal has many guises . . . <p/> London, 1593: Five years on from the Armada and England is taking its first faltering steps towards a future as a global power. Nicholas Shelby--reluctant spy and maverick physician--and his companion Bianca Merton are settling into a life on Bankside. But in London there is always a plot afoot . . . Robert Cecil, the Queen's spymaster, once again recruits Nicholas to embark on a dangerous undercover mission that will take him to the back alleys of Marrakech in search of a missing informer. However, while Nicholas hunts for the truth across the seas, plague returns once more to London--ravaging the streets and threatening those dearest to him. Can Bianca and Nicholas' budding relationship weather the threats of pestilence and conspiracy? And will Nicholas survive the dangers of his mission in a hostile city to return safely home?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Perry's diligent research makes the period detail convincing. Fans of S.J. Parris and C.J. Sansom will be pleased." --<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>, starred review<br><br>"<i>The Serpent's Mark </i>is an excellent evocation of Elizabethan England, with espionage, intricate conspiracies, strange medical practises and a gripping story. A rattling good read." --William Ryan on<i> The Serpent's Mark </i><br><br>"A gorgeous book--rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure. It immerses you in the late 16th century and leaves you wrung out with terror. This is historical fiction at its most sumptuous." --Rory Clements on <i>The Angel's Mark </i><br><br>"A satisfyingly convoluted plot." --<i>Sunday Times </i>on <i>The Serpent's Mark </i><br><br>"An absolute belter of a read and another fabulous addition to the Jackdaw Mysteries series . . . I just gobbled up the pages as the story fairly roars along battling spies and pirates on route . . . S. W. Perry ensures the sights, smells and sounds of London and Morocco entered my very being. I love this series." --<i>LoveReading</i>, Picks of the month <br><br><br>"No-one is better than S. W. Perry at leading us through the squalid streets of London in the sixteenth century." --Andrew Swanston on <i>The Serpent's Mark </i><br><br>"S. W. Perry is one of the best." --<i>Times </i><br><br>"The third in Perry's series is as dramatic and colourful as the previous two." --<i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>"The writing is of such a quality, the characters so engaging and the setting so persuasive that, only two books in, S.W. Perry's ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series." --S. G. MacLean on <i>The Serpent's Mark </i><br><br>"Wonderful! Beautiful writing, and Perry's Elizabethan London is so skilfully evoked, so real that one can almost smell it." --Giles Kristian on <i>The Angel's Mark</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>S. W. Perry </b>was a journalist and broadcaster before retraining as an airline pilot.
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