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by Rory Clements

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Rory Clements

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978-1848540859

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184854085X

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English

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John Murray Publishers (February 1, 2011)

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Fiction

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Genre Fiction

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Revenger Rory Clements 1592. The second book in the John Shakespeare series, 2010. To Emma, Sarah, George, and Madeleine.

Revenger Rory Clements 1592. England and Spain are at war, yet there is peril at home, too. The death of her trusted spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham has left Queen Elizabeth vulnerable.

Книга Revenger, автор Clements Rory - (Книга жанра: Детективы, Исторические детективы. Читать онлайн в библиотеке Booksonline. Chapter 1. I N THE HEAT OF THE EVENING, JUST AS DAYLIGHT began to drift into dusk, Joe Jaggard took Amy Le Neve’s hand in his and pulled her willingly away from her wedding feast. Amy was slight, little more than five foot and less than a hundredweight. Her fair hair shone in the last of the light, and her skin was as clear and soft as a milkmaid’s.

Rory Clements has really developed an interesting set of characters in his series. Revenger is the second book about John Shakespeare living in the late 16th century. He is an agent for Sir Robert Cecil and The Earl of Essex. Brother William makes a couple of appearances in the books, but the main character is John Shakespeare. Rory Clements uses "real events" while having a running story about a man who is torn between wanting to save the Queen and realm, looking after his school, his marriage and trying to save a young princess from losing her head.

Chapter 1. In the heat of the evening, just as daylight began to drift into dusk, Joe Jaggard took Amy Le Neve’s hand in his and pulled her willingly away from her wedding feast.

Author: Rory Clements. Conspiracies multiply. The quiet life of John Shakespeare is shattered by a summons from Robert Cecil, the cold but deadly young statesman who dominated the last years of the Queen’s long reign, insisting Shakespeare re-enter government service. His mission: to find vital papers, now in the possession of the Earl of Essex.

Read Revenger, by Rory Clements online on Bookmate – There will be a terrible reckoning. England is at war with Spain, and Queen Elizabeth's court is torn apart by brutal rivalries among ambitio. There will be a terrible reckoning. England is at war with Spain, and Queen Elizabeth's court is torn apart by brutal rivalries among ambitious young courtiers. His mission is to unravel the mystery behind the doomed Roanoke colony in North America, but instead, he uncovers a plot to kill the aging queen.

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England and Spain are at war, yet there is peril at home, too. The quiet life of John Shakespeare is shattered by a summons from Robert Cecil, the cold but deadly young statesman who dominated the last years of the Queen's long reign, insisting Shakespeare re-enter government service. Listen to books in audio format instead of reading.

She stood naked in front of a copper bowl that rested on a small table, attended by two maids. As Shakespeare entered the room, the maids were rubbing her arms and legs with a cloth and a soap ball er breasts were still well forme. As Shakespeare entered the room, the maids were rubbing her arms and legs with a cloth and a soap ball er breasts were still well formed despite the birth of six children, and she made no attempt to cover them. She looked up, unashamed. Come in, Mr. Shakespeare, come in. Though the day was hot, a fire of ash wood and sweet-smelling herbs roared in the hearth. The herbs are to keep the pestilence at bay, Mr. Shakespeare. Dr. Forman tells me I must burn rosemary, bay, and juniper.

1592. England and Spain are at war, yet there is peril at home, too. The death of her trusted spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham has left Queen Elizabeth vulnerable. Conspiracies multiply. The quiet life of John Shakespeare is shattered by a summons from Robert Cecil, the cold but deadly young statesman who dominated the last years of the Queen's long reign, insisting Shakespeare re-enter government service. His mission: to find vital papers, now in the possession of the Earl of Essex. Essex is the brightest star in the firmament, a man of ambition. He woos the Queen, thirty-three years his senior, as if she were a girl his age. She is flattered by him - despite her loathing for his mother, the beautiful, dangerous Lettice Knollys who presides over her own glittering court - a dazzling array of the mad, bad, dangerous and disaffected. When John Shakespeare infiltrates this dissolute world he discovers not only that the Queen herself is in danger - but that he and his family is also a target. With only his loyal footsoldier Boltfoot Cooper at his side, Shakespeare must face implacable forces who believe themselves above the law: men and women who kill without compunction. And in a world of shifting allegiances, just how far he can trust Robert Cecil, his devious new master?

Gavidor

John Shakespeare (Bill's older brother) is retired as an "intelligencer" and is running a school. He is called out of retirement to seek a women named Eleanor Dare, the mother of Virginia Dare, the first child born in the lost colony of Roanoke. Eleanor is believed to have returned to England and the Earl of Essex wants her found. John's investigation into that matter leads him to believe that there is another plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth.

I didn't enjoy this novel as much as I have other novels in the John Shakespeare series. There is too much jumping around from plot device to plot device. In the first chapter, two young people are murdered. We don't hear any more about that until half way through the book and then the story shifts to investigating that murder. Then back to searching for Ms Dare, then back to the convoluted plot to overthrow the Queen. And then John is having domestic problems. John forbids his wife to go to a clandestine worship that would endanger her, him and their child. It turns out to have been a trap and his wife and he are saved from being hanged for treason with their child being sent to a workhouse. Is she grateful? No, she just stays mad at him until near the end of the book where she miraculously acts like nothing has happened.

I enjoy historical mysteries. This one gives the reader a good sense of what it was like to live in Elizabethan times. There are real characters and facts augmented by fictional characters and plots. But this story veers too far into pure fiction concerning what may have happened to the Roanoke colony. Even as fiction it is just too unbelievable.

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British writer Rory Clements' new novel, "Revenger", the second in his Elizabethan setting, is even better than is first, "Martyr". Clements' central character - John Shakespeare (older brother to you-know-who) - is an "intelligencer" for Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Elizabeth I. Meaning he investigates and "looks into" problems at court and in the country as a whole. In the first book, Shakespeare helps foil a plot against Sir Francis Drake and becomes involved in the Protestant/Catholic on-going struggle.

In this second in the series, Shakespeare has retired from "intelligencing" after Walsingham's death. He marries a Catholic woman and has a child and begins a school for poor children in London. But in 1595, Shakespeare is "persuaded" to head back into the life of an intelligencer. Put to work by Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex - young boy-toy of the aging Elizabeth - to find an elusive woman in London, who may - or may not - be Eleanor Dare, a possible survivor of the lost Roanoke Colony. Added into the mix is a plot against the life of Elizabeth - in the waning days of her rule - by the Devereux family, as well as the on-going, simmering dispute between Protestants and Catholics. And those are the major plot points; there are quite a few smaller ones. Somehow, though, Clements never gets the plot lines confused in his writing, so the reader doesn't.

Life in Elizabethan England was often, to paraphrase Thomas Hobbes, "short, brutish, and nasty". Plague often swept the cities, and daily life was not easy. Certainly many of the characters in "Revenger" didn't meet particularly happy ends; death by horrific means was depressingly common. Clements doesn't make light of ugly death in his work. It appears as an often justifiable end to many a badly-lived life.

Rory Clements has really developed an interesting set of characters in his series. Brother William makes a couple of appearances in the books, but the main character is John Shakespeare. I'm pleased that there is a third book in the series, already published in England and that I ordered from AmazonUK. Clements is a good writer; seemingly getting better with each book.

Sagda

Revenger is the second book about John Shakespeare living in the late 16th century. He is an agent for Sir Robert Cecil and The Earl of Essex. Rory Clements uses "real events" while having a running story about a man who is torn between wanting to save the Queen and realm, looking after his school, his marriage and trying to save a young princess from losing her head. I love his books. I have been looking for a very long time to find an author like CJ Samson. If you like Samson, you're going to love the series about John Shakespeare with little snippets of his brother, Will, who is in trouble with the Earl of Essex, the Queen's pet.

Yozshunris

I like Rory Clements characters and stories. They are fast-paced and fun to read, and he is a skillful writer. While a lot of the material is melodramatic and and the minor characters are sort of one-dimensional, especially the villainous arch-enemy, I did notice that the author improves with each book. This is a bit confusing, as they are not written in chronological order. Because these are easy reads, they could easily fall into the YA category, but sexual details (not Clements' writing forte) would nudge them from the category they seem most suited to. So, I'll give three stars for crisp writing and fast-moving, exciting plots, hoping the author will continue to improve.

Bedy

Set in the turbulent period after the sinking of the Armada, when an aging, heirless Elizabeth leaves the royal succession unclear. A vengeful Spain lurks, plague and draught abound, while the English nobility and their retainers continue to plot and scheme for royal favor and personal advancement.

This writer does a great job of centering the actions on the streets of London and other towns where everyday characters bring that world alive with their ambitions, joys, loves, rivalries, and jealousies. The author paints great images of an emerging English society that is violent, but working to establish the rule of law; that is newly Protestant, and struggling to defend itself against encircling Catholic nations; that is commerce-driven and just beginning to hit its stride as a sailing/trading power.

The plot itself is fast-paced and engaging. While technically a mystery, this is much more than a simple "who-dun it". The characters are well developed, multi-dimensional and believable. A very good read.

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