In this, the second of the Giordano Bruno series, the heretic philosopher still retains his status as friend of the French king while maintaining his role as Francis Walsingham’s spy.
Walsingham enlists Bruno’s investigative talents on an urgent royal request. One of Queen Elizabeth’s young favourites has been found dead with strange astrological symbols carved upon the body. Bruno thinks that the murderer is closer to the Queen than even Walsingham realizes. To prove this he has to sift through a welter of rumours, black magic, lies and multiple hidden agendas to expose a Catholic plot to remove Elizabeth and take over England by force and to make matters worse Bruno has caught the eye of one of his Catholic co-conspirators, the French ambassador’s lovely young wife.
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