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The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy and Netflix’s The Crown ‘Gripping’ Sunday Times‘Fast-paced and entertaining’ Mail on Sunday
A TREASONOUS PLOT
England, 1586. Giordano Bruno, heretic turned spy, passes on vital information to spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and install Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne.
A DEADLY TRAP
Walsingham, already aware of the plot, is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her support in writing – and condemn herself to a traitor’s death.
A QUEEN IN DANGER
Bruno must go undercover, join the conspirators and stop them. A queen is destined to die; Bruno must make sure it is the right one…
Praise for Execution
‘A brilliantly realised fictionalisation of the Babington plot against Elizabeth 1’ Observer
‘Execution has an atmospheric sense of place. The plot twists and turns’ The Times
‘Immaculate… the depth of period detail, the all-enveloping sense of time and place, and the sheer gory drama’ Metro
‘Sumptuous’ New York Times
‘Parris’s attention to the details of Elizabethan life and her ability to create characters of depth are again on display in a gripping narrative’ The Sunday Times
‘Fast-paced and entertaining’ Mail on Sunday
‘Parris is one of the stars of historical crime fiction and this, her sixth Giordano Bruno novel, is among her best’i
‘Superbly plotted, shimmeringly written, it will have you on the edge of your seat’ Kate Williams, author of The Storms of War
‘An impressive feat’ Marisa Haetzman, also writes as Ambrose Parry
S. J. Parris’s book ‘Alchemy’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-07-24.
ASIN : B01M7ZY45H
Publisher : HarperCollins (9 July 2020)
Language : English
File size : 3035 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 496 pages
C. M. Bunts –
I love how Parris develops her characters across the series, with each book introducing new complex characters. Each book provides descriptive insights in to Tudor England and European politics. The political themes reminds me that the world has been divided in the past, so today’s issues are not new, and our world will continue to evolve. I appreciate Bruno’s philosophical approach to his adventures.
Coinneach –
The suspense in the story kept me interested throughout the book. There was sufficient detail of characters, locations and history so a reader could learn of the times while being fully entertained.
Guy –
I always look forward to another tale in the Giordano Bruno series by SJ Parris. Similar to the CJ Sansom Shardlake books, these are historical novels set in the Tudor period.In this book, Elizabeth is the English queen, with Mary Stewart imprisoned. Catholic sympathisers are threatening to free Mary and and to depose the “heretic” Elizabeth. They are assisted by the Spanish and French governments. Bruno is requested to infiltrate the conspirators, posing as a Spanish Jesuit priest – so their plot can be publicly revealed – and they can be tried for treason. This puts Bruno very much at risk…..It’s a intriguing tale and I couldn’t put my Kindle down! If you like the previous books in the series, then I rather think you’ll enjoy this one too ð âºï¸
PUBLIUS –
Peut être le meilleur de la série. A lire absolument
doc peterson –
_Execution_ is the 6th Giordano Bruno novel by S.j. Parris; I had inadvertently read the books out of order, but the hallmark of a good writer is the ability to pick up a book out of sequence and still be able to follow plot and character. While I suspect there is some background between characters that I have missed, and clearly there were broad references to earlier events, this in no-way detracted from what is otherwise a well-told piece of historical fiction overlaying a complicated espionage thriller.In _Execution_, Bruno is brought to England in the employ of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s spy-master: his task to help frame the imprisioned Mary (Catholic rival to Elizabeth and threat to her position and to Protestants throughout the kingdom) as well as to learn who murdered (and mutilated) another operative of Walsingham’s – her death may jeopardize an entire network of spies and informers.It is a complicated thriller as Bruno must first work his way into he trust of those plotting against Elizabeth while simultaneously set traps to learn who the killer of Walsingham’s other operative was without giving his role away, all the while attempting to lay hands on incriminating evidence against Mary. Beyond the careful plotting of the story is first-rate historical fiction, the details and minutae of place, distance, dress, social class and mixing of real historical persons with a fictional story make this a fantastic read.