Treachery

Parris, S J 1974-

Treachery - HarperCollinsPublishers 2014 - 416 pages

Summer, 1585. As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of an Invincible Armada, built by King Philip II, and intended to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip's American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. Giordano Bruno, radical philosopher and spy, accompanies his friend Sir Philip Sidney to Plymouth to oversee Drake's departure. Unbeknownst to Bruno, Sidney intends to join the missio

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Bruno 1548-1600 Giordano --Fiction


Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Fiction