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A Queen Besieged

A Portuguese Liaison 1658

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A Queen Besieged

A Portuguese Liaison 1658

By: Geoff Quaife

Queen Luisa faced trouble within her family as the young king Afonso, for whom she ruled, was both mentally and physically weak and the subject of unscrupulous politicians determined to turn him against his mother. Of immediate concern was evidence that one or more members of the queens government that sat as a council of war was a traitor. Anxious to assist the Portuguese queen against her many enemies, England and France combined to send Luke Tremayne to assess the situation.

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The Dark Corners

Malice and Fanaticism: Wales 1656

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The Dark Corners

Malice and Fanaticism: Wales 1656

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The book continues the adventures of Oliver Cromwells top agent, Luke Tremayne. As Cromwells government faces conspiracies and uprisings from royalists, republicans, Catholics, religious extremists, and senior army officers, Luke is sent into Wales to assess the level of antigovernment activity and to solve the murder of a local magistrate. Several more murders follow, and in solving them, Luke confronts devious Welsh gentry, seductive women, a band of highwaymen, smugglers, an evil witch, and a major insurrection against the government.

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The Black Thistle

A Scottish Conspiracy 1651

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A Scottish Conspiracy 1651

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In 1651, a fatally wounded Scottish trooper is found by an English patrol. Before he takes his last breath, he reveals the details of a major plot being hatched against Scottish leaders and English generals within Clarke Castlethe same castle where many kidnapped Scots are being held. Luke Tremayne and his sergeant, Andrew Ford, have just arrived in Oban, Scotland, via the English republics newest man-of-war, the fifty-four gun Providence. As the warship remains anchored in the sea loch, Luke and Andrew come ashore to receive details of their mission from their new ally, David Burns, a man of considerable wealth and passion for his cause. After Burns briefs Luke on the Scots three political groups, six assailants press up the stairs to Burns chambers and deliver a pouch that contains a coded message. Luke soon discovers that he must not only rescue the prisoners at Clarke Castle, but also must uncover the local leadership of this organization created by the King. As Scottish leaders plot and murder their way to a solution, Luke becomes embroiled in a conspiracy to murder the political elite and quickly finds out that an ally is not who he appears to be.

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Lady Mary's Revenge

Another Luke Tremayne Adventure Deaths on the Medway England 1657

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Lady Mary's Revenge

Another Luke Tremayne Adventure Deaths on the Medway England 1657

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Luke remains in the Medway as the government is convinced that a foreign invasion with local gentry assistance is imminent. The disappearance of a senior officer and strange activities on the river attract Lukes attention. Luke is appalled at the confused military situation and the divided loyalties within the household of the powerful landowner Lady Prudence, whom Cromwell asks to assist in ways that are not explained. Does the despicable Harry Proctorsmuggler, womanizer, gambler and useless soldierbecome a serial killer? And why is he protected by senior members of the household. Womenthe trawler fleet owner who is kidnapped, the alluring wife of a local magistrate, the spoilt child who facilitates a murder, and the enduring but mystifying influence of the deceased Lady Marycomplicate the situation. Luke is worried by foreigners realigning strategic guns, the misdirection of trawlers to collect protestant refugees whom Luke suspects to be a Royalist vanguard, and visits by local identities to the continent. Luke survives shooting, drowning, a horse accident, and mob beating to solve murders, uncover the local gentry traitors, and identify the person who is both the brains behind the Royalist conspiracy, and the agent to complete Lady Marys revenge.

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1490773371

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The Frown of Fortune

A Luke Tremayne Adventure...A French Affair 1653

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The Frown of Fortune

A Luke Tremayne Adventure...A French Affair 1653

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In 1653 Cromwell sent Luke Tremayne and his deputy Harry Lloyd to Paris to negotiate secretly with the exiled King Charles II. After a serious mishap to Luke, Harry is forced to complete the mission alone. Luke is nevertheless gainfully employed by a wealthy French aristocrat the Marquis des Anges to investigate the murder of his first wife and the attempted murder of his second. Harry assists the English courtiers to solve the murder of two young ladies-in-waiting to the Queen Mother Henriette Marie, and together with a Royalist peer is falsely imprisoned and tortured. He escapes and after many life threatening adventures is rescued on the orders of Frances chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Meanwhile Lukes investigations are complicated by a feisty abbess, hysterical nuns, a Canadian adventurer, a rampaging bear and a mysterious treasure of English Catholic gold and silverinvestigations that provoke a series of fatal bombings. Harrys determination to find and exact revenge on a renegade French aristocrat responsible for his torture leads him eventually to the French chateau where Luke is pursuing his villains.

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The Dale of Despair

A North Yorkshire Mystery: 1659

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The Dale of Despair

A North Yorkshire Mystery: 1659

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In this twelfth Luke Tremayne adventure of political intrigue, fast action, and multiple murder mysteries, Cromwells most ruthless agent has to adjust to life-changing events. His leader, Englands ruler, Oliver Cromwell, is dead, and the army that kept England united and secure is disintegrating. Luke resigns from government service, marries a vivacious widow, takes up a vast estate in North Yorkshire, and is appointed as a magistrate for the area. On his arrival in Yorkshire, Luke immediately confronts a problem. The steward who was to hand over the manor to him disappears on the eve of his arrival, and in trying to solve this mystery, he becomes obsessed with two cold casesthe murder of a young girl and the destruction of a neighboring hamlet by fire. These issues are soon overshadowed by a series of murders and more disappearances in which Luke looks for a motive in the intense sectarian violence against Catholics, a possible vendetta against manorial officials, the general criminality and lawlessness of the region, and the flawed personalities of several leading figures. Lukes investigation is complicated by the divided nature of the community; a former royalist, now brigand, who controls a criminal network dominating the moors; the threat and eventuality of a royalist conspiracy and uprising; the existence of a pagan cult; and a popular and powerful witch. Luke has to face a bevy of powerful womensome of whom are determined to confront the violence against women and the abuse of children that pervades the dale. Unexpectedly, Luke receives a letter from the king in exile and, for a short period, is drawn back into high politics as rival generals compete for control of the country and royalists negotiate the reinstatement of monarchy.

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1490788999

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Godly Zeal and Furious Rage (RLE Witchcraft)

The Witch in Early Modern Europe

By: Geoffrey Robert Quaife

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Godly Zeal and Furious Rage (RLE Witchcraft)

The Witch in Early Modern Europe

By: Geoffrey Robert Quaife

Though it is clearly an exceptionally important part of popular culture, witchcraft has generated a variety of often contradictory interpretations, starting from widely differing premises about the nature of witchcraft, its social role and the importance of higher theology as well as more popular beliefs. This work offers a conspectus of historical work on witchcraft in Europe, and shows how many trends converged to form the figure of the witch, and varied from one part of Europe to another.

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1136740252

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The Irish Fiasco

By: Geoff Quaife

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The Irish Fiasco

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Luke's murder investigation and search for stolen silver is complicated by intriguing Royalists, Irish rebels, influential women, treacherous comrades, a loveable witch, maladjusted siblings, murderous charcoal burners, and devious priests.

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1425148751

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The Spanish Relation

Murder in Cromwellian England

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The Spanish Relation

Murder in Cromwellian England

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This is a gripping murder mystery set in 1655 against the background of the crumbling government of Oliver Cromwell - a regime beset by power hungry politicians, vengeful Royalists and dissident army officers plotting to kill their leader. Cromwell is obsessed by the murder of an obscure Somerset squire and sends Luke Tremayne to investigate. On arrival in the county Luke discovers that the squire's family and community are deeply divided, with fire and flood the weapons of village conflict. These divisions reveal a multitude of suspects - feuding relatives; corrupt politicians, a secret Royalist society, clandestine militias, Spanish agents, religious fanatics and wanton witches. An unexpected romantic interest and the machinations of the secret society complicate his investigation. He confronts the intrigues of the gentry and aristocracy and the bawdiness, suspicion, superstition and violence of village life. A popular religious fanatic preaching sexual freedom and political murder increases local tension. Further murders and revealing confessions force Luke to focus on other issues which inadvertently lead to more sordid revelations, and a brutal massacre. A mysterious stranger emerges as the prime suspect for anti-government activity, and as the murderer. Luke's friends are killed and he begins to doubt the veracity of others. Eventually through the help of local villagers he obtains the proof he needs and confronts the killer who is not easily brought to justice. In a surprising final twist Luke's world is turned upside down.

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1426940076

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The Irish Fiasco

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The Spanish Relation

Murder in Cromwellian England

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Godly Zeal and Furious Rage (RLE Witchcraft)

The Witch in Early Modern Europe

By: Geoffrey Robert Quaife

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The Witch in Early Modern Europe

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The Dale of Despair

A North Yorkshire Mystery: 1659

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A North Yorkshire Mystery: 1659

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Chesapeake Chaos

A Luketremayne Adventure: Malevolence and Betrayal in Colonial Maryland

By: Willie Singliton

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Chesapeake Chaos

A Luketremayne Adventure: Malevolence and Betrayal in Colonial Maryland

By: Willie Singliton

In 1650 Luke is sent to Maryland on a joint mission: Catholic proprietor Lord Baltimore seeks to understand his collapsing authority, and General Cromwell needs to assess the situation as a precursor to the English republics planned attack on the remaining Royalist colonies on the Chesapeake. Luke becomes involved with a dysfunctional planter family of an old adversary which is beset by a series of murders that may stem from an atrocity committed years earlier in England, or from the current political turmoil on the Chesapeake. The situation involves a family breakdown, bitter planter rivalries, piracy, renegade Amerindians, a major Indian conflict, problems along the Delaware, violent weather conditions , a Puritan settlement expelled from Virginia and invited by Baltimore to settle in Maryland - an offer repaid by their determination to reject their Papist overlord and erect Gods kingdom, the machinations of neighbouring Virginia, the recreation of a Jesuit mission and the clandestine incursion of a foreign power. Luke struggles to solve the murders and save the Chesapeake for England.

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1426906749

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A Luke Tremayne Adventure Murder in the Maghreb

An Islamic Interlude North Africa 1657–8

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A Luke Tremayne Adventure Murder in the Maghreb

An Islamic Interlude North Africa 1657–8

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The English government seeks to curtail Islamic attacks on its shipping in the Mediterranean and sends Luke Tremayne as ambassador to the Turkish Empires western outpost of Benbali to negotiate a treaty and free English slaves. His mission is complicated by the corruption and dysfunctional nature of the local English community and the volatile nature of the Benbali government with competing factions and the imminent threat of a coup. Secondary aims to rescue an enslaved English aristocrat, find a stolen golden Madonna, and uncover an escaped war criminal threaten to undermine his mission. This is thrown into further confusion by several murders that Luke is determined to solve despite the death of a close associate and the diversions provided by three alluring women.

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A Queen Besieged

A Portuguese Liaison 1658

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A Portuguese Liaison 1658

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A Luke Tremayne Adventure Murder in the Maghreb

An Islamic Interlude North Africa 1657–8

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An Islamic Interlude North Africa 1657–8

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The Gardenof Deceit

Another Luke Tremayne Adventure a Daughter Sacrificed England Early 1657

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The Gardenof Deceit

Another Luke Tremayne Adventure a Daughter Sacrificed England Early 1657

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In early 1657, Cromwell, after surviving three assassination attempts, turned to his top investigator, Luke Tremayne, to hunt the would- be killer. Elements in the army feared that Cromwell would become king and his government fall increasingly into the hands of civilians. Royalist agents played on this fear and planned to take over a strategic military unit to then overthrow the government. Luke had to uncover the leaders of this plan before they achieved their aim. Lukes task increased as he had to solve the murders of his initial suspects, who were battered, stabbed, blown apart, or brutally decapitated. The murders may be related to sexual dalliances and not related to the royalist takeover. Homosexual attraction complicated the situation. Lonely matriarchs, an adulterous wife, a predatory femme fatale, a mentally disturbed young woman, and several besotted wenches may or may not have helped his investigation. Luke was nearly blown apart, bashed by an assailant, shot at twice, almost poisoned on several occasions, drugged, and in danger of having his throat cut. Confronted with these pressures and the increasing unpopularity of Cromwells government, can he stay on mission and capture the assassin, find the murderer, and uncover the royalist plotters?

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The Black Thistle

A Scottish Conspiracy 1651

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A Scottish Conspiracy 1651

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Godly Zeal and Furious Rage (RLE Witchcraft)

The Witch in Early Modern Europe

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The Witch in Early Modern Europe

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The Frown of Fortune

A Luke Tremayne Adventure...A French Affair 1653

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A Luke Tremayne Adventure...A French Affair 1653

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Chesapeake Chaos: Malevolence and Betrayal in Colonial Maryland

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Chesapeake Chaos: Malevolence and Betrayal in Colonial Maryland

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In 1650 Luke is in Maryland acting for Cromwell, and the colony's proprietor Lord Baltimore, to assess the political situation. He becomes involved with a dysfunctional planter family and confronts several murders. His mission is complicated by planter rivalry, Indian wars, a Jesuit mission, a Puritan settlement and the incursion of a foreign power

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A Queen Besieged

A Portuguese Liaison

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A Queen Besieged

A Portuguese Liaison

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Queen Luisa faced trouble within her family as the young king Afonso, for whom she ruled, was both mentally and physically weak and the subject of unscrupulous politicians determined to turn him against his mother. Of immediate concern was evidence that one or more members of the queen's government that sat as a council of war was a traitor. Anxious to assist the Portuguese queen against her many enemies, England and France combined to send Luke Tremayne to assess the situation.

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