Andrew Swanston

The King's Spy: (Thomas Hill 1) (Thomas Hill Novels)

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ISBN 13:
9780552166102
author:
Andrew Swanston
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Corgi
language:
English
Publication Year:
2013
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
12.8 x 2.9 x 19.8 cm
Genre:
History, Britain & Ireland, English Civil War
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£11.28

Description

Summer 1643 England is at war with itself. King Charles I has fled London, his negotiations with Parliament in tatters. In the rural town of Romsey, Thomas Hill runs a quiet bookshop, where knowledge of the war is limited to the rumours that reach the local inn. When a stranger knocks on his door one night and informs him that the king's cryptographer has died, everything changes. The king has summoned Thomas to his court in Oxford, aware of his background as a mathematician and expertise in codes and ciphers. On arrival, Thomas discovers that nothing at court is straightforward. A traitor lurks in their midst, and brutal murder follows brutal murder. A vital message encrypted with an unbreakable code is intercepted, and Thomas must decipher it to reveal the king's betrayer and prevent a violent death.

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