A devastating threat looms on the horizon...Facing the threat of King Philip's Enterprise of England - a Spanish invasion and annexation of the country - Sir Francis Walsingham's espionage service spreads a vast spy network across Europe.Young physician and code-breaker Christoval Alvarez is among those agents.After caring for hundreds of maimed and wounded soldiers returning from the fall of Sluys, Christoval is sent on two dangerous missions to Amsterdam, where, amongst the friendly Hollanders, treason and treachery lurks.Sailing home, Christoval s ship must play its part in a great sea battle in which the small and inexperienced English navy must confront the most powerful sea force in the world.A totally immersive and impactful historical espionage thriller, perfect for fans of Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Leonora Nattrass and S. G. MacLean.
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Ann Swinfen was born in Akron, Ohio, on 5th October 1937, and died on 4th August 2018, in Broughty Ferry, Scotland. Educated in America and England, she was awarded degrees from Oxford, London and Dundee universities. Married to a fellow student in 1960, she brought up five children, while working variously as a computer journalist, a part-time lecturer in English, and a member of the Council of the Open University. Altogether she published one non-fiction book, In Defence of Fantasy, and twenty-three hugely successful, and mostly historical, novels, set in the 14th, 16th and 17th centuries.
