The Tudor Vendetta: A Novel (The Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles)

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London 1558. Queen Mary is dead and 25-year old Elizabeth ascends the throne. Summoned to court from exile abroad Elizabeths intimate spy Brendan Prescott is reunited with the young queen as well as his beloved Kate scheming William Cecil and arch-rival Robert Dudley. A poison attempt on Elizabeth soon overshadows her coronation but before Brendan can investigate Elizabeth summons him in private to dispatch him on a far more confidential mission: to find her favored lady in waiting Lady Parry who has disappeared during a visit to her family manor in Yorkshire. Upon his arrival at the desolate sea-side manor where Lady Parry was last seen he encounters a strange impoverished family beset by grief as well as mounting evidence that they hide a secret from him. The mystery surrounding Lady Parry deepens as Brendan begins to realize there is far more going on at the manor than meets the eye but the closer he gets to the heart of the mystery in Vaughn Hall the more he learns that in his zeal to uncover the truth he could be precipitating Elizabeths destruction. From the intrigue-laden passages of Whitehall to a foreboding Catholic manor and the deadly underworld of London Brendan must race against time to unravel a vendetta that will strike at the very core of his worlda vendetta that could expose a buried past and betray everything he has fought for including his loyalty to his queen. The Tudor Vendetta is the third volume in the Spymaster Chronicles series by C.W. Gortner.