[The Tudor Court 03] • The Queen's Spymaster · Sir Francis Walsingham

Queen Elizabeth is surrounded by enemies Only one man can keep her safe England in the mid-sixteenth century is a country in turmoil. King Henry VIII's Reformation has left England divided between Catholics and Protestants. Most Catholics are content to practise their faith in their own way and pay the penalties laid down in law by Elizabeth's Protestant ministers. But there are some who wonder where their allegiance lies - to England's heretic queen or to the Pope? While serving at the French court as ambassador, Francis Walsingham witnesses the savagery of the St Bartholomew's Eve massacre, when Catholics slaughtered Protestants in their thousands, and he is determined England will never suffer the same bloody fate. Walsingham builds a spy network that ruthlessly seeks out Catholic rebels and traitors who plot against Elizabeth, including Mary Stuart, who is desperate to escape her fate and take the English throne from her cousin queen. Walsingham's mission is clear. He will protect Elizabeth from her enemies, wherever they are and by whatever means necessary. Book 3 in THE TUDOR COURT Series