Frank Dickens
ASIN: B01GQDEQC2
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 144
1593.Under Queen Elizabeth’s reign, England is ravished by the great plague tearing through the country.Religious turmoil, oppression and famine pose dangers in all corners of life.But amidst the chaos a story emerges which paints a new face on British history.George Bullen lives a comfortable but frugal life in London, widowed by the plague and working as a scribe for those unable to write themselves. With aspirations of becoming an author, perhaps selling stories to his old acquaintance Will Shakespeare, he is waiting for inspiration.When a hooded soldier appears, scarred and haggard, hunted by Queen Elizabeth’s men for reasons unknown, George becomes the safe-keeper of his tale.A member of the Duke of Norfolk’s illegal private army, his story begins with lost love and twists its way through death and war to uncover a horrifying secret of the Virgin Queen; a secret for which he will ...