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Of Judgement Fallen, by Steven Veerapen
In Steven Veerapen’s second Anthony Blanke mystery, we re-enter the murky world of plotting and foul play surrounding the court of Henry VIII.
Our hapless hero, son of the king’s late black trumpeter John Blanke, is once again pressed into service as a spy by Cardinal Wolsey, the second most powerful figure in the land. Wolsey is pre-occupied with preparations for the forthcoming opening of Parliament at...
Great & Horrible News, by Blessin Adams
Brutal, bloody killings are enacted in all their heart-stopping, gory glory in this compulsively readable title.
As a former policewoman, Blessin Adams is well aware of the human cost of murder. In Great and Horrible News, this moving nonfiction study, she investigates the crimes that shook Tudor and Stuart England. In doing so, she approaches her cases forensically: and what a...
Episode 113
Kings & Queens with Iain Dale | RSS.com
Fiction Book of the Month: Steven Veerapen on The Queen’s Fire
The author talks about his latest Christopher Marlowe thriller.
The Queen’s Fire is the third instalment in the Christopher Marlowe series, how does this novel differ from the first two in the collection? The difference between this book and the previous ones is two-fold, I think. For one, Christopher Marlowe is, for once, dragged...
Episode 101
Elizabeth I with Steven Veerapen | RSS.com
The Royal Secret, by Andrew Taylor
James Marwood and Cat Lovett-Hakesby continue their investigations.
The Stuart era is currently undergoing something of a rebirth in historical fiction, with authors turning their keystrokes to the long-reviled and much-decried Stuarts. Andrew Taylor has been amongst the vanguard in reassessing and promoting this era as the...
Episode 83
Greatest Tudor Myths with Steven Veerapen | RSS.com
Episode 55
Tudor Greatest Hits with Steven Veerapen | RSS.com
Of Blood Descended, by Steven Veerapen
John Blanke, son of Anthony, the king's trumpeter, embarks on a murder case at Court.
The wonderful cover of Steven Veerapen’s Of Blood Descended invites the reader to enter a rich world of murder and mystery in 16th century England. The contents within do not disappoint. Of Blood Descended carries Veerapen’s hallmark of exemplary historical research...