The Spymaster Chronicles (5 books in series)
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review 1: This is the second book of C.W. Gortner's that I've read and I've very much enjoyed both books. This book is about the end of the reign of Edward, Henry VIII's son and the attempt by Northumberland and the rest of the Dudley family in trying to take the monarchy from Mary, the n...
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review 1: Good read. This historical fiction takes place just before Mary daughter of Queen Katherine of Aragon was crowned.....just a few years before one of my favorite books , historical fiction by Phillipa Gregory, The Virgins Lover, takes place. I've read a lot of Phillipa Gregory and...
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review 1: Great story with lots of intrigue. C W Gortner has a great imagination and he melds the fiction into a plausible and enjoyable story that feels like the real deal! I happened upon this series, reading book #2 first and decided to back track and pick up the first to fill in some...
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review 1: Although I hadn't read the novel directly prior to this one, I thought this was a great story of court intrigue, dangerous betrayals, and treason. Taking place just as Elizabeth Tudor has taken the English throne, Brendan Prescott is sent on a mission to discover the truth behind...
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review 1: Few writers can make Tudor England as vivid for me as C.W. Gortner. His portrayal of Whitehall Palace's sumptuous, tapestry-hung suites of privilege or its icy, damp, dark chambers for lesser folk make me feel as if I am walking those halls myself. His hero Brendan is ingratiatin...