Low Treason
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Set in Elizabethan England, Low Treason is a historical mystery that chronicles the investigations of Matthew Stock, a cloth merchant and constable in the small town of Chelmsford. When a series of sinister events threatens the peace of his community, Stock finds himself entangled in a web of political intrigue and deadly conspiracy that reaches far beyond his quiet provincial life. Leonard Tourney masterfully captures the atmosphere of Tudor England, rendering its social hierarchies, superstitions, and dangers with vivid authenticity. The narrative moves at a brisk, suspenseful pace, balancing the procedural details of a murder investigation with richly drawn period characters and settings. Fans of historical crime fiction will find in Matthew Stock a thoroughly engaging amateur sleuth whose sharp wit and stubborn integrity make him a worthy heir to the great detectives of the genre.
Author: Leonard Tourney
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Quartet Qrime
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Set in Elizabethan England, Low Treason is a historical mystery that chronicles the investigations of Matthew Stock, a cloth merchant and constable in the small town of Chelmsford. When a series of sinister events threatens the peace of his community, Stock finds himself entangled in a web of political intrigue and deadly conspiracy that reaches far beyond his quiet provincial life. Leonard Tourney masterfully captures the atmosphere of Tudor England, rendering its social hierarchies, superstitions, and dangers with vivid authenticity. The narrative moves at a brisk, suspenseful pace, balancing the procedural details of a murder investigation with richly drawn period characters and settings. Fans of historical crime fiction will find in Matthew Stock a thoroughly engaging amateur sleuth whose sharp wit and stubborn integrity make him a worthy heir to the great detectives of the genre.