A Queen’s Spy
By Sam Burnell
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, the most powerful man in England, was nervous. He found himself pacing outside the bedchamber of his young King. Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, watched him from where he sat near one of the windows and shook his head. Grey was a man of ambition and determination. In Henry’s court, he had been the old King’s sword-bearer, held state offices, and even been part of the glut of youthful courtiers the King had surrounded himself with.
Grey had been among those leading the troops that captured Bologna, an able soldier and capable political animal whose personal aspirations were limitless. He had found himself ousted from Edward’s court by Somerset, England’s protector, who recognized Grey’s threat all too well, for his marriage to Frances Brandon had connected his family to the throne. Somerset’s desire to hold the power alone led to his downfall; he had been cleared from Grey’s path when the young king had signed the warrant for the protector’s execution.
Genre: Fiction And Literature | History
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Sam Burnell
Sam Burnell lives in the North East of England and has been passionate about history and archaeology all her adult life.
Biography.
Originally trained as a Solicitor, she discovered a love for legal history while studying for a law degree at Durham University. Various jobs followed, including research for a local museum, public sector audit work, and running her successful scuba diving business online and in a brick-and-mortar store. During a career break, she could return to university, where she studied archaeology. Sam is never happier than when she stands in a castle wondering what, when, and why and trying to unlock the secrets of the stones. Sam Burnell’s passion is the Tudor period, and her fiction is meticulously researched.
Her historical fiction has the authentic flavour of the period. The Tudor period is replete with mystery and intrigue, ready to be turned into entertaining fiction that provides the reader with greater insight into the period’s history. ‘The Tudor Heresy’ serves as an introduction to Sam Burnell’s novel ‘A Queen’s Spy’ and provides an opener to the series and an introduction to the main characters. The next book in the series, ‘A Queen’s Traitor,’ will be available in September 2017. Her favourite reading material would be Phillipa Gregory, CJ Sansom, and Alison Weir, all Tudor historical fiction, medieval mysteries, and medieval fantasy.
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