The Black Friar
MacLean, Shona2017
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Total copies: 2
Captain of Cromwell's guard, Seeker must eradicate rebellion in the city and a Royalist spy in his own ranks. }The Seeker{ won the CWA Historical Fiction Dagger in 2015. Rebellion in the city, and a Royalist spy in his own ranks - Damian Seeker, Captain of Oliver Cromwell's guard, must eradicate both in this twisty, action-packed historical thriller for fans of CJ Sansom, Rory Clements and The Three Musketeers. 'MacLean skilfully weaves together the disparate threads of her plot to create a gripping tale of crime and sedition in an unsettled city' Sunday TimesLondon, 1655, and Cromwell's regime is under threat from all sides. Damian Seeker, Captain of Cromwell's Guard, is all too aware of the danger facing Cromwell. Parliament resents his control of the Army while the Army resents his absolute power. In the east end of London, a group of religious fanatics plots rebellion. In the midst of all this, a stonemason uncovers a perfectly preserved body dressed in the robes of a Dominican friar, bricked up in a wall in the crumbling Black Friars. Ill-informed rumours and speculation abound, but Seeker instantly recognises the dead man. What he must discover is why he met such a hideous end, and what his connection was to the children who have started to disappear from around the city. Unravelling these mysteries is challenging enough, and made still harder by the activities of dissenters at home, Royalist plotters abroad and individuals who are not what they seem...
Main title:
The Black Friar / S.G. MacLean.
Author:
MacLean, Shona, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2017.
Collation:
456 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.
ISBN:
9781782068471 (pbk)9781784293383 (ebook)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6113.A266
Language:
English
Subject:
London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- FictionDetective and mystery storiesCrimeCrime & mystery fictionHistorical mysteriesHistorical fictionThriller / suspense fictionGeneral & world history17th century, c 1600 to c 1699
BRN:
391420