The Poison Machine Lloyd Robert J.
In a thrilling sequel to The Bloodless Boy --a New York Times Best New Historical Novel of 2021 -- featuring real historic characters such as Christopher Wren and Issac Newton, early scientists Harry…
Specifikacia The Poison Machine Lloyd Robert J.
In a thrilling sequel to The Bloodless Boy --a New York Times Best New Historical Novel of 2021 -- featuring real historic characters such as Christopher Wren and Issac Newton, early scientists Harry Hunt and Robert Hook of the Royal Society stumble on a plot to kill the Queen of England . . .London, 1679 -- A year has passed since the sensational attempt to murder King Charles II, but London is still a viper's nest of rumored Catholic conspiracies, and of plots against them in turn. When Harry Hunt -- estranged from his mentor Robert Hooke -- is summoned to the remote and windswept marshes of Norfolk, he is at first relieved to get away from the place.But in Norfolk, he finds that some Royal workers shoring up a riverbank have made a grim discovery -- the skeleton of a dwarf. Harry is able to confirm that the skeleton is that of Captain Jeffrey Hudson, a