The Tudor Secret - C. W. Gortner [130]
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE TUDOR SECRET. Copyright © 2011 by C. W. Gortner. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gortner, C. W.
The Tudor secret : the Elizabeth I spymaster chronicles / C. W. Gortner.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-60390-8 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-312-65850-2 (trade paperback)
1. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603—Fiction. 2. Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520–1598—Fiction. 3. Great Britain—History—Elizabeth, 1558–1603—Fiction. 4. Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520–1598—Fiction. 5. Great Britain—History—Edward VI, 1547–1553—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3607.O78T83 2011
813’.6—dc22
2010038846
First Edition: February 2011
eISBN 978-1-4299-9318-0
First St. Martin’s Griffin eBook Edition: February 2011
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Author’s Note
Reading Group Gold
A Conversation with C. W. Gortner
Historical Timeline
An Original Essay by the Author
Recommended Reading
Reading Group Questions
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