Description
The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantelโs Wolf Hall trilogy and Netflixโs The CrownโGrippingโ Sunday Times
โFast-paced and entertainingโ Mail on Sunday
A TREASONOUS PLOT
England, 1586. Giordano Bruno, heretic turned spy, passes on vital information to spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and install Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne.
A DEADLY TRAP
Walsingham, already aware of the plot, is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her support in writing โ and condemn herself to a traitor's death.
A QUEEN IN DANGER
Bruno must go undercover, join the conspirators and stop them. A queen is destined to die; Bruno must make sure it is the right oneโฆ
Praise for Execution
โA brilliantly realised fictionalisation of the Babington plot against Elizabeth 1โ Observer
โExecution has an atmospheric sense of place. The plot twists and turnsโ The Times
โImmaculateโฆ the depth of period detail, the all-enveloping sense of time and place, and the sheer gory dramaโ Metro
โSumptuousโ New York Times
โParrisโs attention to the details of Elizabethan life and her ability to create characters of depth are again on display in a gripping narrativeโ The Sunday Times
โFast-paced and entertainingโ Mail on Sunday
โParris is one of the stars of historical crime fiction and this, her sixth Giordano Bruno novel, is among her bestโ i
โSuperbly plotted, shimmeringly written, it will have you on the edge of your seatโ Kate Williams, author of The Storms of War
โAn impressive featโ Marisa Haetzman, also writes as Ambrose Parry ISBN:9780007481323
