The Rebel's Mark

by S. W. Perry

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Pub Date 1 Jan 2023 | Archive Date 12 Apr 2022

Atlantic Books | Corvus

Historical Fiction

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Description

The fifth gripping mystery in this Elizabethan crime series from S. W. Perry sends Dr Nicholas Shelby and his wife, Bianca, from London to the heart of wild Ireland, where a storm of rebellion and corruption threaten all hope of peace.

Elizabeth's reign is reaching its winter and England's old adversaries are fading. But in a world on the brink of change, showing any weakness can be fatal...

1598. Nicholas Shelby, unorthodox physician and reluctant spy for Robert Cecil, has brought his wife Bianca and their child home from exile in Padua. Welcome at court, his star is in the ascendancy. But he has returned to a dangerous world.

Two old enemies are approaching their final reckoning. England and Spain are exhausted by war. In London, Elizabeth is entering the twilight of her reign. In Madrid, King Philip of Spain is dying. Perhaps now is the time for one last throw of the dice.

The fifth gripping mystery in this Elizabethan crime series from S. W. Perry sends Dr Nicholas Shelby and his wife, Bianca, from London to the heart of wild Ireland, where a storm of rebellion and...

Advance Praise

Praise for The Jackdaw Mysteries

'Dramatic and colourful' The Sunday Times

'An absolute belter of a read and another fabulous addition to the Jackdaw Mysteries series' Liz Robinson, LoveReading, Picks of the month

'The writing is of such a quality, the characters so engaging and the setting so persuasive that, only two books in, S.W. Perry's ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series' S. G. MacLean

'No-one is better than S. W. Perry at leading us through the squalid streets of London in the sixteenth century' Andrew Swanston

'An excellent evocation of Elizabethan England, with espionage, intricate conspiracies, strange medical practises and a gripping story. A rattling good read' William Ryan

'A gorgeous book - rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure. It immerses you in the late 16th century and leaves you wrung out with terror. This is historical fiction at its most sumptuous' Rory Clements

'Wonderful! Beautiful writing, and Perry's Elizabethan London is so skilfully evoked, so real that one can almost smell it' Giles Kristian

Praise for The Jackdaw Mysteries

'Dramatic and colourful' The Sunday Times

'An absolute belter of a read and another fabulous addition to the Jackdaw Mysteries series' Liz Robinson, LoveReading...