Sheen on the Silk - Anne Perry [239]
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The Crusades: A Short History by Jonathan Riley-Smith
Emperor Michael Palaeologus and the West: 1258–1282: A Study in Byzantine-Latin Relations by Deno John Geanakoplos
Every Day Life in Byzantium by Tamara Talbot Rice
Flavours of Byzantium by Andrew Dalby
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God’s War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman
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Medieval and Renaissance Venice by Kittell and Madden
Naples: An Early Guide by Enrico Bacco
The Oxford History of Byzantium by Cyril Mango
Pilgrimage: The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages by John Ure
Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages by Walter Ullmann
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Venice (Wonders of Man Series) by John Hagy Davis
Women, Men and Eunuchs: Gender in Byzantium by Liz James
Read on for an excerpt from Anne Perry’s
Treason at Lisson Grove
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
CHAPTER
1
“THAT’S HIM!” GOWER YELLED above the sound of the traffic. Pitt turned on his heel just in time to see a figure dart between the rear end of a hansom and the oncoming horses of a brewer’s dray. Gower disappeared after him, missing a trampling by no more than inches.
Pitt plunged into the street, swerving to avoid a brougham and stopping abruptly to let another hansom pass. By the time he reached the far pavement Gower was twenty yards ahead and Pitt could make out only his flying hair. The man he was pursuing was out of sight. Weaving between clerks in pinstripes, leisurely strollers, and the occasional early woman shopper with her long skirts getting in the way, Pitt closed the gap until he was less than a dozen yards behind Gower. He caught a glimpse of the man ahead: bright ginger hair and a green jacket. Then he was gone, and Gower turned, his right hand raised for a moment in signal, before disappearing into an alley.
Pitt followed after him into the shadows, his eyes taking a moment or two to adjust. The alley was long and narrow, bending in a dogleg a hundred yards beyond. The gloom was caused by the overhanging eaves and the water-soaked darkness of the brick, long streams of grime running down from the broken guttering. People were huddled in doorways; others made their way slowly, limping, or staggering beneath heavy bolts of cloth, barrels, and bulging sacks.
Gower was still ahead, seeming to find his way with ease. Pitt veered around a fat woman with a tray of matches to sell, and tried to catch up. Gower was at least ten years younger, even if his legs were not quite so long, and he was more used to this kind of thing. But it was Pitt’s experience in the Metropolitan Police before he joined Special Branch that had led them to finding West, the man they were now chasing.
Pitt bumped into an old woman and apologized before regaining his stride. They were around the dogleg now, and he could see West’s ginger head making for the opening into the