S. W. Perry

Elizabeth's reign is reaching its winter, and England's old adversaries are fading. But in a world on the brink of change, showing any weakness can be fatal... 1598. Nicholas Shelby, unorthodox physician and reluctant spy for Robert Cecil, has brought his wife Bianca and their child home from exile in Padua. Welcome at court, his star is in the ascendancy....

Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England . . . The year is 1600. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. And in London's dark alleyways, a conspiracy is brewing. In the court's desperate bid to silence it, an innocent man...

A POWERFUL, PANORAMIC NOVEL OF WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH — SUNDAY TIMES 'What a love story' — Elizabeth Buchan 'Gripping and heartfelt' — Elisabeth Gifford 'Entirely convincing and authentic' — Leonora Nattrass UNITED BY WAR. DIVIDED BY A SECRET. From silent era Hollywood and the nightclubs of pre-war Vienna to the ruins of Soviet Berlin, discover a moving, ambitious story...

An enthralling thriller ... hypnotically readable — ANDREW TAYLOR In the heat of the desert, will the trail go cold? Cairo, 1938 Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist, theatre impresario, absent father, potential defector. And now, he's a missing person. His daughter, Prim, hasn't seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she's never given up on him, and now...

An enthralling thriller ... hypnotically readable ANDREW TAYLOR A compelling tale of a world on the brink of war THE TIMES Ceaselessly entertaining OBSERVER In the heat of the desert, will the trail go cold? Cairo, 1938 Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he's a missing person. His daughter, Prim, hasn't...

A gorgeous book - rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure ... Historical fiction at its most sumptuous. - Rory Clements LONDON, 1590. Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering. And a killer is at work, preying on the weak and destitute of London... Idealistic physician...