Martyr: Rory Clements

England is on the threshold of war. From day to day, the execution of Maria, Queen of Scotland, is expected, and Spain is already collecting a combat fleet to avenge her, and sends a hired killer to deal with the English “sea dragon”, Francis Drake to England. John Shakespeare, the chief agent of the secret service of Sir Francis Walsingham, is ordered to protect Drake, because if Drake die, England will be opened by the invasion of the Spaniards. At the same time, Shakespeare is investigating the death of a young noble person, whose mutilated body was found in a burned house on the outskirts of London. The search for the brutal killer of the young woman in a strange way lead John Shakespeare on the Spanish mercenary … The Martyr is the first book from the famous detective cycle about John Shakespeare, who was already loved by the author of Rory Clents, the winner of the competition for the best historical prose of Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award.

Author
Clements Rory
Translator
Sedova Svetlana Alekseevna
Publisher
Veche, 2014
Series
Action club
Genre
Modern foreign prose

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