The Heretics
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The Heretics
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Narrated by:
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Gareth Armstrong
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By:
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Rory Clements
About this listen
From Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, comes The Heretics, the fifth in his acclaimed John Shakespeare Elizabethan mystery series. 'Does for Elizabeth's reign what C. J. Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times.
England may have survived the Armada threat of 1588, but when Spanish galleys land troops in Cornwall on a lightning raid seven years later, is it a dry-run for a new invasion? Or is there, perhaps, a more sinister motive? The Queen is speechless with rage. But as intelligencer John Shakespeare tries to get a grip on events, one by one his network of spies is horribly murdered.
What has all this to do with Thomasyn Jade, a girl driven to the edge of madness by the foul rituals of exorcism? And what is the link to a group of priests held prisoner in bleak Wisbech Castle?
From the pain-wracked torture rooms of the Inquisition in Seville to the marshy wastes of fenland, from the wild coasts of Cornwall to the sweat and sawdust of the Elizabethan playhouses, and from the condemned cell at Newgate to the devilish fantasies of a fanatic, The Heretics builds to a terrifying climax that threatens the life of the Queen herself.
2013, CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award, Short-listed
©2012 Rory Clements (P)2013 John Murray PressCritic Reviews
"Rory Clements again brings to life the dark side of Elizabethan England" (Daily Mail)
"A cracking plot full of twists right up to the last minute. I look forward to the next" (Sunday Express)
"The best yet in Rory Clements' magnificent series about John Shakespeare . . . As always, the historical detail is fascinating and sometimes delightfully obscure . . . another sumptuous feast that will leave you sated - but craving for the next helping!" (Crimesquad)
What listeners say about The Heretics
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Henry Tilney
- 13-12-2021
A Terrific Tale Wonderfully Read
This is a great piece of story telling within a genre in which one has to forgive the occasional invention or coincidence that stretches credulity. The setting in time and place is very competently handled; this is particularly true of the moral and spiritual universe which John Shakespeare, our hero, inhabitants. The reading is superb and the pace very engaging. Top marks for production and value for money.
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