Writing after the death of his patron Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, an obscure secretary sets out to clear the Duke’s name and tells his own story. It takes him from poverty into the dangerous politics of the 1690s, among Jacobite conspirators, informers and the plot to assassinate King William III.
Weyman, a master of the historical romance, brings late-Stuart intrigue to life through a timid, very human narrator. Download the free EPUB.