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Traitor

by Rory Clements Book 6 in the John Shakespeare series.

First published 2012

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4.3(3,691)

An advanced optical instrument has given the Elizabethan navy a potential advantage over Spain. Spanish agents seek both the device and the men who understand it: the operative William Ivory and its inventor, the mathematician and astrologer John Dee.

John Shakespeare is sent north to escort Dee to safety as fears of another Spanish armada intensify. His route through the Catholic districts of Lancashire and onward to Martin Frobisher’s fleet exposes a plot reaching into government, while accusations against Shakespeare’s family force him to balance royal service against personal loyalty.

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Elizabethan Age1558–1603 CE English Renaissance1485–1603 CE Anglo-Spanish War1585–1604 CE

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Elizabeth I1533–1603 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury1563–1612 John Dee1527–1609 Martin Frobisher1535–1594

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