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Portuguese Affair
A year after defeating the Spanish Armada, England retaliates.An expedition to Portugal sets out to destroy what remains of Spain's Atlantic fleet, drive the Spanish out of …
Bookseller's Tale
The death of a scholar, the birth of a detective...Oxford, Spring 1353. When young bookseller Nicholas Elyot discovers the body of William Farringdon floating in the River …
Troubadour's Tale
A treacherous journey, a band of desperate rogues, a shocking, hidden truth.When Nicholas Elyot and his friends set out to spend the Christmas season in the country, they are …
Enterprise of England
A devastating threat looms on the horizon...Facing the threat of King Philip's Enterprise of England - a Spanish invasion and annexation of the country - Sir Francis Walsingham's …
Merchant's Tale
Money is the root of all evil...St Frideswide's Fair is a great annual event in Oxford, bringing together merchants and buyers from all over England and Wales, and from as far away …
Secret World of Christoval Alvarez
England, 1586. Treason threatens the very heart of the nation.England is awash with traitors plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I and bring about a foreign invasion.Young …
Stonemason's Tale
Death is only a stone's throw away.When a series of accidents begin to occur during the building of the chapel at Queen's College, they do not appear a cause for major concern. But …
Bartholomew Fair
All is fair in love and war...When Bartholomew Fair, London's largest public festival, is threatened in 1589 by five hundred armed soldiers dismissed from service without pay, the …
In Defence of Fantasy
The modern fantasy novel might hardly seem to need a defence, but its position in contemporary literature in the 1980s was still rather ambivalent. Many post-war writers had …
Huntsman's Tale
The hunt is on... To find a killer, to save the life of a friend.On hearing that his cousin is short-handed for the harvest, Nicholas Elyot takes a group of friends back to the …
Novice's Tale
A young girl's disappearance hints at a disturbing truth...When novice Emma Thorgold goes missing from Godstow Abbey in the summer of 1353, the hunt is on throughout the …