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Creme de la Crime
Pub. Date
2018
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London, 1555. Queen Mary is married to Philip II of Spain - and not everyone is happy about the alliance. The kingdom is divided between those loyal to Catholic Mary and those who support her half-sister, Lady Elizabeth. Former cutpurse turned paid assassin Jack Blackjack has more immediate matters to worry about. Having been ordered to kill a man, he determines to save him instead. But Jack defies his spymaster at his peril - and even the best-laid...
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2020
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London in May, 1556. Hal Westmecott reckons Jack Blackjack owes him a favour, and orders Jack to track down his long-lost son - and although it seems an impossible task, Jack's in no position to refuse. But as his search progresses, Jack comes to realize he is an unwitting pawn in a mesh of schemes dreamed up by the most powerful people in England.
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June, 1554. Former cutpurse and now professional assassin Jack Blackjack has deep misgivings about his latest assignment. He has been despatched to the Palace of Woodstock, where Queen Mary's half-sister Princess Elizabeth is being kept under close guard. Jack's employer has reason to believe that a spy has been installed within the princess's household and Jack has been ordered to kill her. Jack has no choice but to agree. But he arrives at Woodstock...
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January, 1554. Light-fingered Jack Blackjack knows he's not going to have a good day when he wakes with a sore head next to a dead body in a tavern's yard. That would be bad enough - but when he discovers what's in the dead man's purse, the one he'd stolen, his day is set to get much worse. The purse explains why the mysterious man with the broad-brimmed hat wants to catch him. But so does the Lord Chancellor, as does the enigmatic Henry. In fact,...
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2022
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August, 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London. It should be simple, right? Wrong. He's made it as far as Exeter, but before he can secure a fresh steed in that hellish city, he's faced with a dead priest, ruthless thieves, and a devious Dean who's determined to see the back of Jack. That suits Jack just fine - he wants to leave!So when wealthy merchant Wolfe, offers passage to London via sea, Jack jumps...
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2019.
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April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, to the east of the City of London, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder. As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest - but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Was it a random attack by a desperate outlaw, or do the answers lie in the murdered...
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Lamplight Large Print Books
Pub. Date
2021
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Arrested by her sister for treason, who in her household can Elizabeth trust? 1553: deeply-divided England rejoices as the rightful heir, Mary Tudor, sweeps to power on a tide of populist goodwill. But the people should have been careful what they wished for: Mary's mission is to turn back time to an England of old. Within weeks there is widespread rebellion in favour of her heir, her half-sister, princess Elizabeth, who is everything that Mary isn't....
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Soundings Audio Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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July, 1556. En route to France and escape from Queen Mary's men, Jack Blackjack spends the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. Alone and friendless in a lawless land of cut-throats, outlaws and thieves, Jack knows that the only way to clear his name - and save his skin - is to unmask the real killer.
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Soundings Audio Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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March 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London enjoying a sedentary life. But his new parish of St Helen's has different ideas for him. A week after laying eye on the tempting Miss Rachel Nailor, she turns up horribly dead on the church vestry floor - and someone is trying to frame him for her murder!
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Headline Review
Pub. Date
2024
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Adored only child of Henry VIII and his Queen, Katherine of Aragon, Princess Mary is raised in the golden splendour of her father's court. But the King wants a son and heir. With her parents' marriage, and England, in crisis, Mary's perfect world begins to fall apart. Exiled from the court and her beloved mother, she seeks solace in her faith, praying for her father to bring her home. But when the King does promise to restore her to favour, his love...
11) The Queen's fool
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004
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Into a Tudor court on the brink of treason comes Hannah, a young Jewish girl on the run from the Inquisition. Sworn into the service of Robert Dudley, he sends her as a Holy Fool to spy on Princess Mary Tudor, the forgotten heir to King Edward's throne. But Hannah finds a woman who wants the best for the kingdom.