My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I enjoyed the two earlier Kingsbridge stories. This third one is set a few hundred years hence and the town's folk are still prosperous as merchants and love their town's wonderful cathedral. This story starts off in 1558 and young Ned Willard is eighteen years of age. He is madly in love with Margery Fitzgerald and she is in love with him. It is the latter days of Bloody Mary the Catholic queen of England and Ned's family are hoping that Protestant Princess Elizabeth will become queen.
The story takes the reader on a dynamic and exciting journey through the reign of Queen Elizabeth and Ned becomes a member of the English Secret Service. He is instrumental in ensuring the virgin queen's safety through the many circumstances of her reign. We are taken to the French court of Catherine de Medici and young Mary Stewart (Queen Of Scots). We are on adventures during the St Bartholomew's Massacre in Paris. The Babington Plot the Spanish Armada and even the Gunpowder plot too.
A roller coaster ride of political intrigue, murder and deception throughout. An absolute page-turner entwined with real historical events and characters. We are taken from 1558 to 1620 and I enjoyed every page of it. A splendid historical story and I would recommend any history lover to read this.
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