The King's Spy

Thomas Hill #1

Andrew Swanston

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English

Corgi
01 October 2013

Fiction & Literature; Historical mysteries

Series: Thomas Hill Novels

Dark secrets and treachery breed vicious murder in the English Civil War.

Summer, 1643

England is at war with itself. King Charles I has fled London, his negotiations with Parliament in tatters. The country is consumed by bloodshed.

For Thomas Hill, a man of letters quietly running a bookshop in the rural town of Romsey, knowledge of the war is limited to the rumours that reach the local inn.

When a stranger knocks on his door one night and informs him that the king's cryptographer has died, everything changes. Aware of Thomas's background as a mathematician and his expertise in codes and ciphers, the king has summoned him to his court in Oxford.

On arrival, Thomas soon discovers that nothing at court is straightforward. There is evidence of a traitor in their midst. Brutal murder follows brutal murder. And when a vital message encrypted with a notoriously unbreakable code is intercepted, he must decipher it to reveal the king's betrayer and prevent the violent death that failure will surely bring.

By: Andrew Swanston
Imprint: Corgi
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 314g
ISBN: 9780552166102
ISBN 10: 0552166103
Series: Thomas Hill Novels
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 October 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

After reading Law at Cambridge University, Andrew Swanston held various positions in the book trade, including being a director of Waterstone & Co and chairman of Methven's PLC, before turning to full-time writing. Inspired by a lifelong interest in seventeenth-century history, his Thomas Hill novels are set during the English Civil War, and the early period of the Restoration. He lives with his wife in Surrey.