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Title: THE FIREMASTER'S MISTRESS
By: Christie Dickason
Format: Paperback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 0007180683
ISBN 13: 9780007180684
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pub. date: 2 October, 2006
Pages: 528
Description: In the troubled year of 1605, Papist plots are rife in the gaudy streets of Shakespeare's London as the fifth of November approaches ...
Synopsis: In the troubled year of 1605, Papist plots are rife in the gaudy streets of Shakespeare's London as the fifth of November approaches ...Francis Quoynt, Firemaster, is recently returned from Flanders and dreaming of making fireworks rather than war.Instead, Quoynt is recruited by Robert Cecil, First Minister, to spy on Guido Fawkes and his fellow conspirators. Meanwhile, Sir Francis Bacon is scheming for high position and spying on Quoynt.Kate Peach, a glove maker, was Quoynt's lover before war took him away. Now living in Southwark, she is brought into grave danger. She is a secret Catholic. A fugitive Jesuit is concealed in her rooms. While Francis hopes to prevent the death of King James I and everyone in his parliament, Kate will have to save herself ...
Publication: UK
Imprint: HarperCollins
Returns: Non-returnable
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