A Burnable Book
Bruce Holsinger
- A
- stunning
- debut
- historical
- thriller
- set
- in
- the
- turbulent
- 14th
- Century
- for
- fans
- of
- CJ
- Sansom,
- The
- Name
- of
- the
- Rose
- and
- An
- Instance
- of
- the
- Fingerpost.London,
- 1385.
- A
- city
- of
- shadows
- and
- fear,
- in
- a
- kingdom
- ruled
- by
- the
- headstrong
- young
- King
- Richard
- II,
- haunted
- by
- the
- spectre
- of
- revolt.
- A
- place
- of
- poetry
- and
- prophecy,
- where
- power
- is
- bought
- by
- blood.For
- John
- Gower,
- part-time
- poet
- and
- full-time
- trader
- in
- information,
- secrets
- are
- his
- currency.
- When
- close
- confidant,
- fellow
- poet
- Geoffrey
- Chaucer,
- calls
- in
- an
- old
- debt,
- Gower
- cannot
- refuse.The
- request
- is
- simple:
- track
- down
- a
- missing
- book.
- It
- should
- be
- easy
- for
- a
- man
- of
- Gower’s
- talents,
- who
- knows
- the
- back-alleys
- of
- Southwark
- as
- intimately
- as
- the
- courts
- and
- palaces
- of
- Westminster.But
- what
- Gower
- does
- not
- know
- is
- that
- this
- book
- has
- already
- caused
- one
- murder,
- and
- that
- its
- contents
- could
- destroy
- his
- life.Because
- its
- words
- are
- behind
- the
- highest
- treason
- –
- a
- conspiracy
- to
- kill
- the
- king
- and
- reduce
- his
- reign
- to ashes…
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