Of Blood Descended

by Steven Veerapen Book 1 in the Anthony Blanke Mysteries series.

First published 2022

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Summer 1522. Henry VIII is welcoming Emperor Charles V and preparing for renewed war with France when Anthony Blanke, the fictional son of the historical trumpeter John Blanke, is summoned into Cardinal Wolsey’s orbit. The killing of a scholar connected with Wolsey’s historical interests turns Anthony into an unwilling investigator among courtiers, humanists and political rivals.

Henry VIII, Charles V, Wolsey, Anne Boleyn and Polydore Vergil appear under their historical identities, while Anthony and the murder are fictional. The novel uses England’s involvement in the Habsburg-Valois wars and the experience of a Black Tudor protagonist to open the Anthony Blanke mysteries.