Incendium

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England, 1572. A powder keg of rumour, fanaticism, treachery and dissent. All it would take is a single spark . . . In the England of Elizabeth I, the fear of plague, invasion and the threat of insurrection are constant. As the Earl of Leicester's chief intelligencer, lawyer Christopher Radcliff is tasked with investigating rumours of treachery at home and the ever-present papist threat from abroad. With heresy and religious urnest simmering beneath the surface of a country on the brink, Radcliff is under pressure to get results. And then a whisper of a plot against the queen reaches him. But all his network of agents has to go on is a single word- Incendium. Radcliff must find out what it means, and who lies behind it - before it's too late . . .England, 1572. A powder keg of rumour, fanaticism, treachery and dissent. All it would take is a single spark . . . In the England of Elizabeth I, the fear of plague, invasion and the threat of insurrection are constant. As the Earl of Leicester's chief intelligencer, lawyer Christopher Radcliff is tasked with investigating rumours of treachery at home and the ever-present papist threat from abroad. With heresy and religious urnest simmering beneath the surface of a country on the brink, Radcliff is under pressure to get results. And then a whisper of a plot against the queen reaches him. But all his network of agents has to go on is a single word- Incendium. Radcliff must find out what it means, and who lies behind it - before it's too late . . .
After reading Law at Cambridge, Andrew Swanston held various positions in the book trade, including being a director of Waterstones and chairman of Methvens PLC, before turning to writing full time. Inspired by a lifelong interest in early modern history, his Thomas Hill novels - The King's Spy, The King's Exile and The King's Return - are set against a backdrop of the English Civil War, Cromwell's Commonwealth and the early Restoration. He is also the author of Waterloo- The Bravest Man. The first in a new series set during the reign of Elizabeth I, Incendium introduces academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.