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Incendium
Incendium | A D Swanston
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Summer, 1572 and England is vulnerable. Fear of plague and insurrection taint the air, and heresy, fanaticism and religious unrest seethe beneath the surface of society. Rumour and mistrust lead to imprisonment, torture and sometimes murder. To the young lawyer Christopher Radcliff and his patron and employer, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, the prospects for peace are poor. As Leicester's chief intelligencer, Radcliff is charged with investigating both rumours of rebellion at home and invasion from abroad. That the queen's own cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, is found guilty of treason is a sign of just how deep the dissent goes. Supporters of the imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots foment revolt, but the papist threat doesn't just come from within. Across the channel, France is being swept up in a frenzy of brutal and bloody religious persecution while England's other enemy of old, Spain, makes preparations to invade. Christopher's own life is far from orderly. His relationship with the widow Katherine Allington is somewhat turbulent and he knows full well that the cut-throat world of court politics leaves no room for indiscretions. So England is a powder-keg, waiting for a spark to ignite it. And then a whisper of a plot that could provide that spark reaches Christopher. All he has to go on is a single word - 'incendium'. But what does it mean and who lies behind it? He must find the answers before it is too late . . .
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Lel2403
Incendium | A D Swanston
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I do love a bit of historical fiction now and then

https://amzn.to/2HmU9Up

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DeborahSmall
Incendium | A D Swanston
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#MeandaGun #FierceFeb just liked the cover with a gun on the front 😂❤️📚

Andrew65 Looks good! 7y
batsy 😁 It's a lovely cover! 7y
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TrishB
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Bailedbailed

100 pages in, just not for me. Love good historical fiction, love good mystery/ thriller books - but just don't really like them together! Or Tudor stuff. If you like those together you'll like this.

DGRachel Hmm...I like mystery/thrillers combined with historical fiction, but not a huge fan of the Tudors. Will have to think about this one. 8y
Cinfhen Those pages, though ❤️ 8y
TrishB @DGRachel I read the first CJ Sansom one to see what they were like -it's a lot like that. 8y
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TrishB @Cinfhen Yes 💟 it still looks nice on the shelf! 8y
LeahBergen I'm pretty much the same. I love historical fiction but don't usually like historical mystery series (Brother Cadfael is an exception). 8y
TrishB @LeahBergen good that someone else understands! 😀 8y
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TrishB
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Another #map in my new book 😀
#lyricalapril @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Yay 😊 it was meant to be! 8y
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TrishB
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And they're open.....mostly enabled by litsy.
Thanks to @ScorpioBookDreams @DeborahSmall for convincing me to join the Goldsboro book club....
@Cinfhen for Daniel Silva and @LeahBergen for The Marriage of Meggotta 😀😀

TrishB Had to hide one as pressie for hubby and he was watching! 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings Sweet!!! 😍😍😍 8y
Cinfhen Yay! Gabriel Allon....hope you fall in love ❤️ 8y
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ScorpioBookDreams Yay! You joined Goldsboro! 8y
TrishB @ScorpioBookDreams I know 😀 very exciting! 8y
TrishB @Cinfhen hope so 💚 8y
ScorpioBookDreams @TrishB you got the pretty edition of Pachinko! Where did you buy it from? 8y
TrishB @ScorpioBookDreams on ebay- it was £15 but I needed to have that cover! 8y
LeahBergen Oooo, it came!! 👏🏻👏🏻 8y
DeborahSmall I need that copy of Pachinko!! What did you get as your free book? X 8y
ScorpioBookDreams @TrishB I know, ours is horrible! 8y
TrishB @DeborahSmall Pendulum - Adam Hamdy, not familiar with it but it's free 😀 8y
TrishB @ScorpioBookDreams definitely not as pretty! 8y
DeborahSmall @ScorpioBookDreams stephen has a business conference in chicago next month, i shall instruct him to pick 2 copies up and send you one 💕 8y
ScorpioBookDreams @DeborahSmall really?! That's so kind of you! Let me know what I owe and I'll transfer the money xx 8y
DeborahSmall @ScorpioBookDreams Don't be silly! He's getting to go to Chicago he can pay for the books 💕 8y
ScorpioBookDreams @DeborahSmall you're so sweet! You know how much I appreciate it though xx 😊😊 8y
DeborahSmall @ScorpioBookDreams as you are and of course 😜😘x 8y
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DeborahSmall
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#bookmail #Goldsboro my signed and numbered limited edition arrived, with lovely red edging. A beautiful book but not sure if it's one I'll read. The only downfall of having your monthly book chosen. ❤️📚

Cinfhen The cover and edges are gorgeous and the book sounds fascinating ❤️hope you decide to give it a try! 8y
DeborahSmall @Cinfhen it does look interesting and the sort of book I'd have dug into as a teenager but I don't read as much historical fiction as I used to. One day.... 8y
TrishTheBibliophile This cover is beautiful!!! 8y
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TrishB I have been debating getting the Goldsboro book club. There don't seem to be that many in the UK. What do you think of it generally? 8y
LeahBergen It's so pretty! 8y
DeborahSmall @TrishB I love it and I'm up to 11 books already with 2 more in order; Waking Giants and Paul Austers new book 4321. Definitely worth it if you have self Control!! 8y
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