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Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In a plague-ravaged London in 1665, St Paul's Cathedral is crumbling from decades of neglect. Opposing factions support repair or demolition of the building. Money for the building has disappeared, major players have disappeared and an unidentified skeleton is discovered. Thomas Chaloner returns to London to investigate.
Author
Series
Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear. There is plague in the stews of St Giles, the Dutch fleet is preparing to invade, and a banking crisis threatens to leave Charles II's government with no means of paying for the nation's defence. Amid the tension, Thomas Chaloner is ordered to investigate the murder of Dick Wheler, one of the few goldsmith-bankers to have survived the losses that have driven others to bankruptcy - or worse. At the...
Author
Series
Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As the people and businesses of London are quickly recovering from the ravages of the plague, in Westminster, plans are afoot for a grandiose ball in honour of a long-dead but English-born Pope. Meanwhile, the markets and coffee houses in the city are awash with rumours of war and portents of a coming disaster. Mysterious killings at both ends of the capital have been caused by an unusually long, slender blade, and Thomas Chaloner is ordered to investigate....
Author
Series
Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Five years after Charles II's triumphant return to London there is growing mistrust of his extravagant court and of corruption among his officials-and when a cart laden with gunpowder explodes outside the General Letter Office, it is immediately clear that such an act is more than an expression of outrage at the inefficiency of the postal service. As intelligencer to the Lord Chamberlain, Thomas Chaloner cannot understand why a man of known incompetence...
Author
Series
Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1665 England faces war with the Dutch and the capital is awash with rumors of conspiracy and sedition. These are more frenetic than normal because of the recent sinking in the Thames of one of the largest ships in the navy, a disastrous tragedy that could very well have been caused by sabotage. As an experienced investigator, Thomas Chaloner knows that there are very few grains of truth in the shifting sands of the rumor-mill, but the loss of such...
Author
Series
Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
In the sapping summer heat of 1665, there is little celebration in London of the naval victory at the Battle of Lowestoft. The King, his retinue and anyone with sufficient means has fled the plague-ridden city, its half-deserted streets echoing the sound of bells tolling the mounting number of deaths. Those who remain clutch doubtful potions to ward off the relentless disease and dart nervously past shuttered buildings, watchful for the thieves who...
Author
Series
Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1666 everyone's first reaction to a sudden death at the palace of White Hall is that the plague has struck, but the killing of Thomas Chiffinch was by design, not disease. Chiffinch was holder of two influential posts - Keeper of the Closet and Keeper of the Jewels - and rival courtiers have made no secret of their wish to succeed to those offices. To Thomas Chaloner, ordered to undertake the investigation, such avarice gives a whole...
Author
Series
Thomas Chaloner mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
London, 1666. The plague has almost disappeared, leaving its surviving population diminished and in poverty. The resentment against those who fled turns to outrage as the court and its followers return. While most of Thomas Chaloner's attention is on the continuing threat of war with the Dutch, the death of a well-connected physician, the mysterious sinking of a man-of-war in the Thames and the disappearance of a popular courtier are causing concern...
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