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Ladataan... Traitor (2012)Tekijä: Rory Clements
   - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta.  pierthinker | Jun 7, 2023 |   A very enjoyable well-written thriller (  ) Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 | "Traitor" is set in 1593, late in the reign of Elizabeth I. On-going troubles with Spain are coming to a head as a second Armada is rumoured to be on the way to the British coastline. Also simmering are the problems between Protestants and Catholics. John Shakespeare is called upon to protect the new weapon of the Elizabethan navy - an optical instrument which gives the user an unimaginable advantage at sea. With a second armada being threatened by Spain, the enemies of the Crown will stop at nothing to try and get hold of this new instrument. Shakespeare's assistant, Boltfoot Cooper, is tasked with protecting the spyglass. John Shakespeare is sent to Lancashire to protect the man who made it, Dr Dee, to prevent him from selling his knowledge to the enemy. At the same time, Shakespeare's adopted son, Andrew Woode, runs into trouble at Oxford university. All three are brought together in Northern France to defend England's realm and the good name of the Queen. Rory Clements makes Elizabethan England come alive with vivid description. Another hugely enjoyable novel - I can't wait for more in this series. (  ) Jawin | May 2, 2015 |  ) john257hopper | Oct 28, 2014 |  ) YossarianXeno | Feb 12, 2014 | ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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*****Part of the bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award***** '[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times ********** The Elizabethan navy has a secret weapon: an optical instrument so powerful it gives England unassailable superiority at sea. Spain will stop at nothing to steal it and seize the two men who understand its secrets - its operative William Ivory, known as the 'Queen's Eye', and its inventor, the maverick magician Dr Dee. With a second Armada threatened, intelligencer John Shakespeare is sent north to escort Dr Dee to safety. But his mission is far from straightforward. Dee's host, the Earl of Derby, cousin to Elizabeth, is dying in agony, apparently poisoned. Who wants him dead and why? What lies behind the lynching of the recusant priest Father Matthew Lamb? And what exactly is the connection between these events and the mysterious and beautiful Lady Eliska? While Shakespeare attempts to untangle a plot that points to treachery at the very highest reaches of government, he also faces serious accusations far closer to home. With so much at stake, must he choose between family and his duty to Queen and country? Moving from the Catholic heartlands of Lancashire to a vagabond camp in the heart of England, and from the deck of Admiral Frobisher's flagship off the Brittany coast to the secret meetings of Elizabeth's closest associates, Traitor is award-winning writer Rory Clements' most intriguing and compelling novel to date. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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John joins a group looking to safeguard technology vital to England’s national safety (the maritime telescope) and is tasked with finding and bringing to safety the natural philosopher John Dee. Shakespeare has plenty of adventures, getting deeply involved in the death of a leading Catholic aristocrat, a Catholic plot to steal the telescope, his adopted son running away from school and ending up in a lawless gang, joining a punitive military expedition to France to capture a key Channel port, and more.
The book is full of action and is well-rooted in historical fact (most of the set-piece events were real) and in historical colour. John Shakespeare is a typical adventure hero - brave, stoic, put-upon, honest, a bit prissy and a bit dull - but we root for him as being on the side of right, if not always might.
Well worth the read. (