| Description |
472 pages : map ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Thomas Chaloner series ; v.10 |
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Gregory, Susanna, 1958-
Thomas Chaloner series.
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| Summary |
London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear. There is plague in the streets of St. Giles, the Dutch fleet is preparing to invade, and a banking crisis threatens to leave the government of Charles II with no means of paying for the its defense. Amid the tension, Thomas Chaloner is ordered to investigate the murder of Dick Wheler, one of the few goldsmith-bankers to have survived the losses that have driven others to bankruptcy, or worse. At the same time, a French spy staggers across the city, carrying the plague from one parish to another. His foray into the world of the financiers who live in and around Cheapside quickly convinces Chaloner that they are just as great a threat as the Dutch, but their power and greed thwarts him at every turn. |
| Subject |
Chaloner, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Secret service -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Chronological Term |
1600-1699
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| Subject |
Chaloner, Thomas (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01747564
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Detective and mystery stories. (OCoLC)fst00891461
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Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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| ISBN |
9780751552812 (paperback) |
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075155281X (paperback) |
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