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The conscience of the king
Shadowy intrigue and double-dealing during the Jacobean period. Gentleman spy, Henry Gresham, is called in to "obtain" some of King James I's correspondence from a bookseller ; the correspondence is incriminating, and could lead to the King's downfall ; Gresham discovers that the bookseller also has two of Shakespeare's manuscripts, which contain a deadly secret.
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- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1131035
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126634
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1129772
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1156586621#Topic/historical_fiction
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85132098
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1156586621#Place/great_britain
- http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/2643040000
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1219920
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1156586621#Topic/spy_stories
- http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/2628122821
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1149217
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204623
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1156586621#Topic/audiobooks
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127066
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112836
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1142291
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1156586621#Topic/gresham_henry_fictitious_character_fiction
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- "Courtier and spy Henry Gresham returns, this time finding himself in the wild and deadly world of Jacobean theatre. Asked to trace a precious hand-written play manuscript that has gone missing, presumed stolen by a Cambridge bookseller, Gresham has no cause to realise he is being used as 'bait'."
- "Robert Cecil, Chief Secretary to the King, summons the gentleman spy Henry Gresham to his deathbed to give his arch enemy one final, deadly case. An unknown Cambridge bookseller has obtained devastating correspondence between King James I and Robert Carr, and Gresham is the one man who can return the letters, saving the monarch from a potentially scandalous downfall. Also in the bookseller's possession are two stolen manuscripts by Shakespeare. And just as these plays contain a deadly secret, so too does Gesham's mission. For Gresham is being used as live bait to draw out a murderous madman who is determined to destroy James I..."
- "Shadowy intrigue and double-dealing during the Jacobean period. Gentleman spy, Henry Gresham, is called in to "obtain" some of King James I's correspondence from a bookseller ; the correspondence is incriminating, and could lead to the King's downfall ; Gresham discovers that the bookseller also has two of Shakespeare's manuscripts, which contain a deadly secret."@en
- "Shadowy intrigue and double-dealing during the Jacobean period. Gentleman spy, Henry Gresham, is called in to "obtain" some of King James I's correspondence from a bookseller ; the correspondence is incriminating, and could lead to the King's downfall ; Gresham discovers that the bookseller also has two of Shakespeare's manuscripts, which contain a deadly secret."