Benet Brandreth
Author
Series
William Shakespeare volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Seeking his fortune in sixteenth-century London, young wordsmith William Shakespeare joins a band of players before he is dispatched to Venice on an assignment that renders him the target of Catholic assassins and a shadowy killer.
Author
Series
William Shakespeare volume 2
Publisher
Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Pegasus Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
366 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Venice, 1586.William Shakespeare is disguised as a steward to the English Ambassador. He and his actor friends, Oldcastle and Hemming, possess a deadly secret: the names of the Catholic spies in England who seek to destroy Queen Elizabeth. Before long the Popes agents begin to close in on them, so fleeing the city is the players only option.In Verona, Aemelia, the daughter of a Duke, is struggling to conceal her passionate affair with her cousin Valentine....