A Web of Silk by Fiona Buckley

A Web of Silk by Fiona Buckley

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A Web of Silk by Fiona Buckley

Ursula's quiet life on her Surrey estate is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a new neighbour in this absorbing Tudor mystery.August, 1582. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbour, Giles Frost, who is rumoured to be spying for King Philip of Spain. Arriving at Knoll House on the pretext of teaching his two daughters embroidery, Ursula's secret mission is to feed false information to Frost to pass on to the Spanish.Walsingham has assured Ursula that she'll be in no danger. But events take a decidedly sinister turn when a body is found in the woods near Ursula's home, a stained glass window is smashed and a bridal dowry is stolen.What secrets are contained within the Knoll House . and is Ursula being lured into a lethal trap?
Valerie Anand, who also writes as Fiona Buckley, was born in North in 1947. Educated at Mitcham County School for Girls, she knew by the age of six that she wanted to be a novelist. In 1976 her first book was published. She now has over twenty novels published, including the Bridges Over Time historical series, written as Valerie Anand, and the Ursula Blanchard Elizabethan espionage series, written as Fiona Buckley.

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Wanda McCaddon began recording books in the early 1980s and has since narrated well over six hundred titles, as well as abridging, narrating, and coproducing classic titles for her own company, Big Ben. Audiobook listeners may be familiar with her voice under one of her two nom de mikes, ' Donada Peters and Nadia May. The recipient of an Audie nomination and twenty-five Earphones Awards, AudioFile magazine has named her one of recording's Golden Voices.

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ISBN 13 9781780295930
ISBN 10 1780295936
Title A Web of Silk
Author Fiona Buckley
Series A Tudor Mystery Featuring Ursula Blanchard
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Canongate Books
Year published 2020-03-31
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.