Produits fréquemment achetés ensemble
Les clients qui ont acheté cet article ont aussi acheté
de Fiona Buckley
|
To Ruin a Queen: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court de Fiona Buckley |
Les détails du produit
Souhaitez-vous compléter ou améliorer les informations sur ce produit ? Ou faire modifier les images?
|
Descriptions du produit
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. British author Buckley's excellent eighth Ursula Blanchard novel offers fine writing and deft plotting while vividly bringing the past to life. Where earlier volumes used historical mysteries that have sparked heated debate over the centuries, such as the sudden death of Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 2003's The Fugitive Queen, this latest focuses on now obscure political intrigue involving an Italian banker, Roberto Ridolfi, in 1568. With threats to Elizabeth's throne looming, Blanchard, the queen's half-sister and occasional spy, uncovers suspicious correspondence pointing to a scheme to place Mary on the English throne. After the courier charged with delivering those messages turns up dead and a second murder soon follows, Blanchard, her husband and her loyal retinue seek evidence of motive and opportunity while alerting the beleaguered secretary of state, Lord Cecil, to the plot and working to forestall it. Experienced whodunit readers may identify the culprit more easily than they'd like, but the author's rare ability to effortlessly integrate fact and fiction and the cliffhanger ending will leave both old and new fans eagerly awaiting the next installment.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
From Booklist
Ursula Blanchard, half sister to Queen Elizabeth I and occasional spy for the realm, returns in a new Elizabethan mystery steeped in intrigue and suspense. While paying a reluctant visit to the seemingly foolish duke of Norfolk to discuss the possibility of an early betrothal for her young daughter, Ursula learns that her host has been conducting an ill-considered correspondence with the incarcerated Mary, queen of Scots. Determined to leave the duke's estate before the impressionable Meg becomes even more besotted with the icy Edmund Dean, she is prevented from returning home by the brutal murders of a courier and a servant. As Ursula attempts to untangle a treasonous web of deceit and double-cross, she places her own life in danger in order to protect the queen and the sister she has pledged to love and serve in secrecy. Another authentically detailed historical whodunit from a master of the genre. Margaret Flanagan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
Dans ce livre
(les détails)
Associer des mots-clés à ce produit(De quoi s'agit-il ?)Considérez votre mot-clé comme une sorte d'étiquette définissant parfaitement ce produit.
Les mots-clés aident les clients à organiser et trouver leurs articles favoris. |
L'avis des consommateurs
|
Il n'y a pour l'instant aucun commentaire client.
|
|||
|
Commentaires vidéo
|
Listmania!
Cherchez des articles semblables par catégorie
Chercher des articles semblables par sujet
Commentaires
Souhaitez-vous compléter ou améliorer les informations sur ce produit ? Ou faire modifier les images?
Votre historique récent
(En savoir plus)|
Après avoir visualisé des pages détaillées produit ou des résultats de recherche, regardez ici pour trouver une façon simple de poursuivre votre navigation sur des pages qui vous intéressent. |
