The Prince of Lies
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- Synopsis
- Elizabethan spy Mal Catlyn has everything he ever wanted - his twin brother Sandy restored to health, his family estate reclaimed and a son to inherit it - but his work is far from over. The renegade skraylings, the guisers, are still plotting - their leader, Jathekkil, has reincarnated as the young Prince Henry Tudor. But while he is still young, Mal has a slim chance of eliminating his enemies whilst they are at their weakest.With Sandy's help, Mal learns to harness his own magic in the fight against the guisers, but it may be too late to save England. Schemes set in motion decades ago are at last coming to fruition, and the barrier between the dreamlands and the waking world is wearing thin...File Under: Fantasy [ Kill The Child | To The Tower! | Servants and Masters | Prison Break ]From the Paperback edition.s family home in Derbyshire is burnt to the ground--nearly killing his wife Coby, their adopted son Kit and Mal's brother Sandy. Undaunted, Mal rescues his friends from prison and puts them on a boat to France. Thinking that his family will be safer close to court where he can keep an eye on them, he secures his wife a position as lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales. However the dull routine of court is soon interrupted by the arrival of an Italian castrato, Bartolomeo, whom Mal recognises as his former lover Olivia, a Venetian guiser. Exiled from her beloved republic, Olivia seems to be throwing her lot in with the English guisers--but will a being of her experience and power be content to serve a stripling like Jathekkil? Rivalry amongst the guisers comes to a head when Queen Elizabeth dies and her son Robert is shot by an assassin during his coronation procession. With both of Robert's heirs still children, it is left to his brother Prince Arthur to attempt to take the reins of power, even though this draws comparisons with the hated Richard III. Meanwhile Mal and his allies discover that the guisers' plans may be more ambitious than they ever suspected: the creation of a whole army of guisers with which to take control of the country. And one of their newest recruits is Mal's own son. File Under: Fantasy [ Kill The Child | To The Tower! | Servants and Masters | Prison Break ]
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780857662828
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780857662811
- Publisher:
- Watkins Media
- Date of Addition:
- 08/25/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Anne Lyle
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.