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Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"August, 1582. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbor, Giles Frost, who is rumoured to be spying for King Philip of Spain. Arriving at Knoll House on the pretext of teaching his two daughters embroidery, Ursula's secret mission is to feed false information to Frost to pass on to the Spanish. Walsingham has assured Ursula that she'll be in no danger. But events take a decidedly sinister...
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
January, 1576. Widow Ursula Blanchard is in no position to refuse when Sir Francis Walsingham decides she must wed Count Gilbert Renard in order to build a strategic alliance with the French. Soon after the count arrives at her country home to pay court, one of Ursula's household staff is found dead. An accident - or something more sinister?
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Lady-in-waiting Ursula Blanchard is sent by Queen Elizabeth I to visit a scholar's home where she was the children's governess. Ostensibly a social call, the trip is to investigate a report of a plot to overthrow the queen.
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"May, 1586. Ursula and her retinue return home from a lengthy trip to discover she has an unexpected visitor. Etheldreda Hope is a simple countrywoman who has come to Ursula with disturbing tales of strange goings-on in her rural village. Fearing that Etheldreda's reports of mysterious forest rites indicate a possible conspiracy to overthrow Queen Elizabeth in favour of her cousin, Mary Stuart, the queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, orders...
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
March, 1588. With England in a state of high alert as King Philip of Spain amasses a vast fleet of warships ready to invade, Queen Elizabeth and her advisors seek a possible alliance with the Duke of Parma, Governor of the Netherlands. But their plans suffer a major setback when one of their most reliable spies is found murdered in the Hertfordshire countryside, shot dead by a crossbow bolt as he was transporting secret correspondence between the...
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
In London, a Catholic plot is brewing against Queen Elizabeth I. Luckily for the Protestant monarch, the plot is uncovered by her lady-in-waiting, Ursula Blanchard, a young widow making her debut as a sleuth. First in a series.
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