Urn:lcp:burnablebook0000hols_i1k2:epub:26acdf82-fb7c-4d8d-a4f2-40f93de0c9e2 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier burnablebook0000hols_i1k2 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3134w58b Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780007493302ĩ780007493319 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA18196 Openlibrary_edition Inherent cut-off text due to tight bindingĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:03:00 Boxid IA1886606 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Because its words are behind the highest treason - a conspiracy to kill the king and reduce his reign to ashes. But what Gower does not know is that this book has already caused one murder, and that its contents could destroy his life. It should be easy for a man of Gower's talents, who knows the back-alleys of Southwark as intimately as the courts and palaces of Westminster. The request is simple: track down a missing book.
When close confidant, fellow poet Geoffrey Chaucer, calls in an old debt, Gower cannot refuse.
For John Gower, part-time poet and full-time trader in information, secrets are his currency. A place of poetry and prophecy, where power is bought by blood.
A city of shadows and fear, in a kingdom ruled by the headstrong young King Richard II, haunted by the spectre of revolt. A stunning debut historical thriller set in the turbulent 14th century, for fans of CJ Sansom, The Name of the Rose and An Instance of the Fingerpost.
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