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The Firemaster's Mistress

By Christie Dickason

Francis Quoynt‚ Firemaster‚ is recently returned from Flanders and dreaming of making fireworks rather than war.

Instead‚ Quoynt is recruited by Robert Cecil‚ First Minister‚ to spy on Guido Fawkes and his fellow conspirators. Meanwhile‚ Sir Francis Bacon is scheming for high position and spying on Quoynt.

Kate Peach‚ a glove maker‚ was Quoynt′s lover before war took him away. Now living in Southwark‚ she is brought into grave danger. She is a secret Catholic. A fugitive Jesuit is concealed in her rooms. While Francis hopes to prevent the death of King James I and everyone in his parliament‚ Kate will have to save herself ...

ISBN: 9780007180684; ISBN10: 0007180683; Imprint: ; On Sale: 25/10/2006; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 196 x 132 x 32 mm; Pages: 400; $25.99;

	The Principessa Robert Cecil‚ Secretary of State to James I‚ has a problem. He owes a vast and secret debt to the Prince of La Spada‚ who is dying and has called in the loan − and Cecil cannot pay. Even worse‚ he has staked as security‚ without royal authority‚ the...
	The Principessa Robert Cecil‚ Secretary of State to James I‚ has a problem. He owes a vast and secret debt to the Prince of La Spada‚ who is dying and has called in the loan − and Cecil cannot pay. Even worse‚ he has staked as security‚ without royal authority‚ the...

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