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THE DESPERATE REMEDY: Henry Gresham and the Gunpowder Plot.
Edition: First printing.
London: Little Brown, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel and the first in his series of Jacobean thrillers featuring gentleman spy Henry Gresham, who is tasked by Robert Cecil, Chief Secretary to King James I, to discover the truth about Sir Francis Bacon's private life. Meanwhile, Will Shadwell, a thief, double dealer and drunkard - and one of Gresham's most valuable sources of information- is brutally murdered. SIGNED on the title page. List of historical characters. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-316859702.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (toning to pages and edges of textblock as usual with UK editions)
Book ID: 92155More details Price: $40.00 -
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING: Henry Gresham and the Shakespeare Conspiracy.
Edition: First printing.
London: Little Brown, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second Jacobean thriller featuring gentleman spy Henry Gresham, set in 1612 and Robert Cecil, Chief Secretary to King James I, is dying. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-316860026.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (toning to pages and edges of textblock as usual with UK editions)
Book ID: 80616More details Price: $35.00
