Marbeck and the king-in-waiting
By: John Pilkington
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Martin Marbeck mystery -- 2
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Sutton, Surrey, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780727896827
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Fiction; Kings and rulers; History; Spy stories; Succession
Description: "Spring, 1603: Queen Elizabeth is dying, and England waits anxiously. The Virgin Queen hasn't named an heir, refusing even to speak. Sir Robert Cecil, Secretary of State, fears insurrection and has brought troops to the capital. Meanwhile Marbeck, Cecil's best intelligencer, is under a cloud, wrongly suspected of shady dealings with the Spanish. So when the son of his friend Lady Celia Scroop joins a fanatical Puritan sect, he's glad to leave London to try and find the wayward youth. But events move fast and Marbeck finds himself in a maelstrom: forced to confront plots from two directions, that threaten not only the peace of the nation but the very fabric of England itself ..."--Provided by the publisher.