The third book in the acclaimed series of Thomas Treviot
Tudor crime thrillers - Based on REAL TUDOR CRIME RECORDS.
The Real Crime
In the steaming summer of 1549 two men languish in the Tower of
London. William West is accused of attempted murder. Robert Allen is
under investigation for dabbling in the Black Arts. Meanwhile, England
is in the grip of rebellions against the boy king, Edward VI. The
connections between these facts remains a mystery.
Our Story
London goldsmith, Thomas Treviot, is sent by his patron, Archbishop
Cranmer, to discover discreetly what connections West has with leading
figures at court. But Thomas has problems of his own: his teenage son
has gone off to Norwich to join rebels led by Robert Kett. Trying to
find his son and please Cranmer, he is plunged into dangers from peasant
mobs, London gangsters and political chicanery, not to mention an enemy
wielding occult power...
Once again, D.K. Wilson bases his story on
documented facts in order to evoke the feverish atmosphere of 1549's
'summer of discontent' in which magic was as real to people as mob
violence and political scheming.
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'Derek Wilson is a fine historian - and he can also tell a
gripping story. This is historical fiction at its best, effortlessly
underpinned by a wealth of research by a writer whose understanding of
the period is profound.' - Alison Weir, author of
Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen

Derek (D.K.) Wilson is an historian and expert on the Tudor period. He is the author of the Tudor mystery novels The First Horseman, The Traitor's Mark and The Devil's Chalice (MadeGlobal Publishing), all of which star a young goldsmith called Thomas Treviot.As Derek Wilson, he has published a range of acclaimed non-fiction books on Tudor England and Henry VIII, including 'The Plantagenets: The Kings that Made Britain' and 'The English Reformation: How England was Transformed by the Tudors'.