A web of silk /
Buckley, Fiona,
A web of silk / Fiona Buckley. - First world edition. - 217 pages ; 23 cm. - An Ursula Blanchard mystery ; 17 . - Buckley, Fiona. Ursula Blanchard mysteries ; 17. .
"A Tudor mystery featuring Ursula Blanchard."--Jacket.
"August, 1582. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbor, Giles Frost, who is rumoured to be spying for King Philip of Spain. Arriving at Knoll House on the pretext of teaching his two daughters embroidery, Ursula's secret mission is to feed false information to Frost to pass on to the Spanish. Walsingham has assured Ursula that she'll be in no danger. But events take a decidedly sinister turn when a body is found in the woods near Ursula's home, a stained glass window is smashed and a bridal dowry is stolen. What secrets are contained within the Knoll House...and is Ursula being lured into a lethal trap?"--Publisher's description.
9781780291130 1780291132
GBB8M7862 bnb
019159197 Uk
Blanchard, Ursula (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Women spies--England--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--England--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
A web of silk / Fiona Buckley. - First world edition. - 217 pages ; 23 cm. - An Ursula Blanchard mystery ; 17 . - Buckley, Fiona. Ursula Blanchard mysteries ; 17. .
"A Tudor mystery featuring Ursula Blanchard."--Jacket.
"August, 1582. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbor, Giles Frost, who is rumoured to be spying for King Philip of Spain. Arriving at Knoll House on the pretext of teaching his two daughters embroidery, Ursula's secret mission is to feed false information to Frost to pass on to the Spanish. Walsingham has assured Ursula that she'll be in no danger. But events take a decidedly sinister turn when a body is found in the woods near Ursula's home, a stained glass window is smashed and a bridal dowry is stolen. What secrets are contained within the Knoll House...and is Ursula being lured into a lethal trap?"--Publisher's description.
9781780291130 1780291132
GBB8M7862 bnb
019159197 Uk
Blanchard, Ursula (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Women spies--England--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--England--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.