1679. A year has passed since the sensational attempt to murder King Charles II. Harry Hunt estranged from his mentor Robert Hooke and no longer employed by the Royal Society meets Sir Jonas Moore, the Kings SurveyorGeneral of the Board of Ordnance, in the remote and windswept marshes of Norfolk. There, workers draining the fenland have uncovered a skeleton. Accompanied by his friend Colonel Fields, an old soldier for Parliament, and Hookes niece, Grace, Harry confirms Sir Jonass suspicion the body is that of a dwarf, Captain Jeffrey Hudson, once famously given to Queen Henrietta Maria in a pie. During the Civil Wars, Hudson accompanied the Queen to France to sell the Royal Jewels to fund her husbands army. He was sent home in disgrace after shooting a man in a duel. But nobody knew Hudson was dead. Another man, working as a spy, has lived as him since his murder. Now, this impostor has disappeared, taking vital information with him. Sir Jonas orders Harry to find him. Harrys search takes him to Paris, another city bedeviled by conspiracies and intrigues. He navigates its salons and libraries, and learns of a terrible plot against the current Queen of England, Catherine of Bragana, and her gathering of Catholics in London. Assassins plan to poison them all...

Binding: Paperback;496 pages; Publisher: Melville House Publishing; Classification: FV; Weight: 614 g; Dimensions: 257 x 247 x 37

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