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Gregory, Susanna

Summary: In the sapping summer heat of 1665 there is little celebration in London of the naval victory at the Battle of Lowestoft. The King, his retinue and anyone with sufficient means has fled the plague-ridden city, its half-deserted streets echoing to the sound of bells tolling the mounting number of deaths. Those who remain clutch doubtful potions to ward off the relentless disease and dart...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sphere 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRE

Gregory, Susanna

Summary: Five years after Charles II's triumphant return to London there is growing mistrust of his extravagant court and of corruption among his officials - and when a cart laden with gunpowder explodes outside the General Letter Office, it is immediately clear that such an act is more than an expression of outrage at the inefficiency of the postal service. As intelligencer to the Lord Chamberlain,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sphere 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRE

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