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The Assassin’s Mark
First published 2026
March 1570. Elizabeth I’s government has only just suppressed the Northern Rebellion, which sought to replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots, when a ritualised murder near the royal palace introduces a new threat. A cloven hoof-print, poisonings and references to the figure of Baphomet lead John Dee and Margaretta from frightened London communities towards aristocratic intrigue and the possibility of an assassin operating across national borders.
The investigation moves between England and the French court against the real background of Catholic opposition to Elizabeth and the political consequences of the Northern Rebellion. Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, William Cecil, Robert Dudley, Francis Walsingham and Catherine de’ Medici appear under their historical identities, while the assassin, ritual killings and central conspiracy are fictional. The supernatural imagery belongs to the mystery rather than constituting evidence of a historical cult.
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