A Queen’s Spy

Name: A Queen’s Spy
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by Sam Burnell Book 1 in the Richard Fitzwarren Tudor Historical series.

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England, 1553. As Edward VI’s health fails, rival factions prepare to control the succession and prevent the return of Catholic rule. Richard Fitzwarren, a disgraced nobleman surviving as a mercenary, is drawn back from exile and into a covert struggle surrounding Princess Elizabeth. His knowledge of court and London’s unofficial networks makes him useful, but his own family has reasons to obstruct his return.

Edward’s death brings Lady Jane Grey’s brief claim, Mary Tudor’s advance on the throne and renewed danger for Elizabeth as a Protestant alternative to both. Richard must identify which allies are using the princess for their own cause while confronting Jack, the brother whose divided loyalties may turn him into an enemy. The novel places their family conflict inside the dynastic and religious crisis that transformed the Tudor crown.