All the queen's spies : a novel
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- ISBN: 1982197463 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781982197469 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
389 pages ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: First Leopoldo & Co/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Leopoldo & Co/Atria, 2023.
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Subject: | Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Fiction Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603 Fiction Dee, John 1527-1608 Fiction |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Spy fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Philosopher and astronomer John Dee travels to Prague to convince the Emperor to help decode an ancient book that could control the levers of heaven and earth, in the third novel of the series following The Queenâs Men. - Baker & Taylor
"The "lively" (The New York Times) Agents of the Crown series continues with this thriller about Queen Elizabeth I's advisor John Dee in a race to save the Empire with the help of a mysterious manuscript that offers global power. With rumors of the end times swirling, philosopher and astronomer John Dee travels to Prague in an effort to prevent one of Catherine de Medici's seductive ladies-in-waiting from luring the Holy Roman Emperor into a crusade against England. To convince the famously occult-lovingEmperor to join his side, Dee entices him with the esoteric Book of Secrets, a volume that, if decoded, could provide the chance to control the levers of heaven and earth. But Dee faces enemies at every turn, including a female codebreaker who could be the undoing of Dee and the British Empire"-- - Simon and Schuster
Queen Elizabeth Iâs advisor John Dee is in a race to save the Empire with the help of a mysterious manuscript offering global power in this continuation of the âlivelyâ (The New York Times) Agents of the Crown series.
Settled down in his beloved Mortlake once again, philosopher and astronomer John Dee is enjoying the quiet life when Her Majestyâs spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham darkens his door, instructing him to befriend a certain Polish count with an interest in alchemy and angelic communication. But when Dee and the count are caught breaking the law, trying to convene with angels, they are exiled, and must make their way to the court of Rudolf, Holy Roman Emperor, in far-off Prague.
Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth learns of Catherine de Mediciâs infamous Flying Squadron, a group of seductive ladies-in-waiting scattered throughout Europe acting as her agents, and that one of them is already at work in Prague, bending the Holy Roman Emperor to join France and Spain in a crusade to crush Protestant England. With Dee on his way to Prague, Walsingham sees an opportunity to tip the scales. To convince the famously occult-loving emperor to join his side, Dee must distract him with the esoteric Book of Loagaeth, a volume transcribed from the angels that will, once decoded, allow control of the levers of heaven and earth, and everything in between.
Terrible dangers await Dee in Prague, as he faces challenges at every turn, including a reluctant female spy and a ruthless old enemy, and he is forced to call upon the many unexpected talents of his wife, as well as the playwright Christopher Marlowe.