The Butcher Of Smithfield: 3 - Rilegato

Gregory, Susanna

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1847440622 ISBN 13: 9781847440624

Casa editrice: Sphere, 2008

Riassunto

Thomas Chaloner, just returned from a clandestine excursion to Spain and Portugal on behalf of the Queen, finds London dank and grey under leaden skies. He finds many things changed, including the Government slapping a tax on printed newspapers. Hand written news reports escape the duty, and the rivalry between the producers of the two conduits of news is the talk of the coffee houses with the battle to be first with any sort of intelligence escalating into violent rivalry. And it seems that a number of citizens who have eaten cucumbers have come to untimely deaths. It is such a death which Chaloner is despatched to investigate; that of a lawyer with links to 'the Butcher of Smithfield', a shady trader surrounded by a fearsome gang of thugs who terrorise the streets well beyond the confines of Smithfield market. Chaloner doesn't believe that either this death or the others are caused by a simple vegetable, but to prove his theory he has to untangle the devious means of how news is gathered and he has to put his personal safety aside as he tries to penetrate the rumour mill surrounding the Butcher of Smithfield and discover his real identity.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

Susanna Gregory, creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mediaeval mysteries, has created another compelling fictional detective set in Restoration London.

L'autore:

Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic. She is the creator of the popular Matthew Bartholomew series

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sphere
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1847440622
• ISBN 13: 9781847440624
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 512