Traitorโs Legacy
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INTRODUCING AN INCREDIBLE NEW SERIES FROM THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MASTER OF HISTORICAL CRIME, S. J. PARRIS
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'Sophia is a dazzling heroine, and the world of late Elizabethan England brimful of plot and conspiracy, is vividly and thrillingly brought to life' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON
'Right from the intriguing opening pages everything Parris layers into this Elizabethan crime drama screams bestselling series' OBSERVER
'A new historical crime from S. J. Parris is always cause for celebration but she really has excelled herself with Traitor's Legacy' ANDREW TAYLOR
'A writer who repeatedly proves that she is one of the most stylish of historical crime practitioners' FINANCIAL TIMES
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England, 1598. Queen Elizabethโs successor remains unnamed. The country teeters on a knife edge.When a young heiress is found murdered at the theatre, the Queenโs spymaster Robert Cecil calls upon former agent Sophia de Wolfe to investigate.
A cryptic note found on the dead girlโs body connects to Sophiaโs previous life as a spy, and her quest soon takes her into dangerous waters. Powerful enemies emerge, among them the Earl of Essex: the Queenโs favourite courtier and a man of ruthless ambition.
This is a murder that reaches directly into the heart of the court. And Sophia is concealing a deep-buried secret of her own. She must uncover the truth before her past threatens to destroy her.
Traitor's Legacy was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 12-05-2025
READERS LOVE TRAITORโS LEGACY...โTop class historical crimeโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โAnother fantastic historical thriller from master of the Elizabethan mysteryโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โA straight 5* for me! A very compelling novel I highly recommendโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โI loved the characters. The only bad thing I have to say about this book is that it kept me reading way past midnightโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โSophia De Wolfe is a truly epic characterโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โI had very high expectations for this novel. It is excellent. And the even better news it is that this is the first of a new seriesโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โThe richly detailed Elizabethan setting and clever twists kept me hooked from start to finishโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โThe murder mystery is layered with political intrigue, keeping you second-guessing every revelationโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โExcellently researched, great plot, beautiful execution. I love the combination of historical menace and a thrillerโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โSJ Parris does it againโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โI didn't know who to trust or who to believe the whole way alongโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โAnother glorious dive into the murky world of Elizabethan spies and liesโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โLoved every minute of this book. More please featuring Sophia!โ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โI'm already looking forward to book twoโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โYou know what youโre getting with Parris; a stunning mix of fact and fiction with a clever plot woven around real people and the duplicitous Cecil, the court spymaster. Itโs tense, well-paced, twists that feel real and itโs easy to become immersed in a different worldโ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
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No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris is the pseudonym of the author and journalist Stephanie Merritt. It was as a student at Cambridge researching a paper on the period that Stephanie first became fascinated by the rich history of Tudor England and Renaissance Europe. Since then, her interest has grown and led her to create this series of historical thrillers featuring Giordano Bruno, which has now sold over one million copies.
Stephanie has worked as a critic and feature writer for a variety of newspapers and magazines, as well as radio and television. She has also written the contemporary psychological thrillers While You Sleep and Storm under her own name. She currently writes for the Observer, and she lives in Surrey.
