I quite enjoyed this Elizabethan romp.
Nicholas shelby, the queen's spy master is sent by Rocert Cecil to Marrakech, ostensibly to study the latest medic practices but this is purely a cover and background story for what is really afoot.
Shelby is on a mission to hunt down an informer who is mysteriously missing after one of their agents in London is murdered.
Bianca, his feisty lover and sidekick meanwhile is mixed up in a plot to kill Robert himself while fear of the plague grows in the city.
Nicholas needs to work fast to find the truth as to their missing informer and also the contact who has been slain.
Things are getting messy and he needs to leave Marrakech and rescue Bianca who is in mortal danger.
Fast paced, exciting and a wonderful historical swashbuckler with a fun and engaging storyline.
A must for any period / historical novel fan.
Nicholas shelby, the queen's spy master is sent by Rocert Cecil to Marrakech, ostensibly to study the latest medic practices but this is purely a cover and background story for what is really afoot.
Shelby is on a mission to hunt down an informer who is mysteriously missing after one of their agents in London is murdered.
Bianca, his feisty lover and sidekick meanwhile is mixed up in a plot to kill Robert himself while fear of the plague grows in the city.
Nicholas needs to work fast to find the truth as to their missing informer and also the contact who has been slain.
Things are getting messy and he needs to leave Marrakech and rescue Bianca who is in mortal danger.
Fast paced, exciting and a wonderful historical swashbuckler with a fun and engaging storyline.
A must for any period / historical novel fan.