The Roots of Betrayal

From the author of The Time Traveller''s Guide to Elizabethan England, now a major BBC 2 TV series, and SACRED TREASON comes the brilliant new Elizabethan thriller.

1564: Catholic herald William Harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, is the custodian of a highly dangerous document. When it is stolen, Clarenceux immediately suspects a group of Catholic sympathisers, the self-styled Knights of the Round Table. Francis Walsingham, the ruthless protégé of the queen''s Principal Secretary, Sir William Cecil, intercepts a coded message from the Knights to a Countess known to have Catholic leanings. He is convinced that Clarenceux is trying to use the document to advance the cause of the Catholic Queen. And soon Clarenceux enters a nightmare of suspicion, deception and conspiracy. Conflict and fear, compounded by the religious doubts of the time, conceal a persistent mystery. Where has the document gone? Who has it and who really took it? And why? The roots of betrayal are deep and shocking: and Clarenceux''s journey towards the truth entails not just the discovery of clues and signs, but also the discovery of himself.

• | Author: James Forrester
• | Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• | Publication Date: Feb 16, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780755356065
• | ISBN-10: 0755356063