Of Blood Descended - An Anthony Blanke Tudor Mystery

Informationen zum Autor Steven Veerapen was born in Glasgow to a Scottish mother and a Mauritian father and raised in Paisley. Pursuing an interest in the sixteenth century, he was awarded a first-class Honours degree in English, focussing his dissertation on representations of Henry VIII’s six wives. He is the author of  The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I , and lives in Glasgow.  Klappentext At the court of Henry VIII a historian charged with proving the king's descent from King Arthur is found murdered, his body posed in a gruesome tableau. A reluctant Anthony Blanke is charged with investigating the crime, and his mission takes him through ancient monastic libraries and the back streets of London. Zusammenfassung At the court of Henry VIII a historian charged with proving the king’s descent from King Arthur is found murdered, his body posed in a gruesome tableau. A reluctant Anthony Blanke is charged with investigating the crime, and his mission takes him through ancient monastic libraries and the back streets of London.

A propos de l'auteur

Steven Veerapen was born in Glasgow to a Scottish mother and a Mauritian father and raised in Paisley. Pursuing an interest in the sixteenth century, he was awarded a first-class Honours degree in English, focussing his dissertation on representations of Henry VIII’s six wives. He is the author of The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I, and lives in Glasgow. 

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Steven Veerapen
• Edition: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.05.2022
• EAN: 9781846976131
• ISBN: 978-1-84697-613-1
• Pages: 384
• Thème: The Anthony Blanke Mysteries
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); London, Greater London, FICTION / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical mysteries, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Historical crime and mysteries, 1485–1603 (Tudor period)