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The Heretic's Mark

By: S.W. Perry
Narrated by: Kris Dyer
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London, 1594. The Queen's physician has been executed for treason, and conspiracy theories flood the streets. When Nicholas Shelby, unorthodox physician and unwilling associate of spymaster Robert Cecil, is accused of being part of the plot, he and his new wife Bianca must flee for their lives.

With agents of the Crown on their tail, they make for Padua, following the ancient pilgrimage route, the Via Francigena. But the pursuing English aren't the only threat Nicholas and Bianca face. Hella, a strange and fervently religious young woman, has joined them on their journey. When the trio finally reach relative safety, they become embroiled in a radical and dangerous scheme to shatter the old world's limits of knowledge. But Hella's dire predictions of an impending apocalypse, and the brutal murder of a friend of Bianca's forces them to wonder: who is this troublingly pious woman? And what does she want?

©2021 S.W. Perry. First published in Great Britain in by Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd. (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing Historical Mystery Romance Fiction Tudor
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"No-one is better than S. W. Perry at leading us through the squalid streets of London in the 16th century." (Andrew Swanston)
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I love this series. Every time there’s a new instalment I like to listen to the one before. The narration is absolutely brilliant please do not change Mr Dyer. Hopefully this series goes on for a very long time.

I love the jackdaw crew and their adventures

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Another great listen I hope this series keeps going excellently narrated through out the series.

Listened to the whole series

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Another great story and read brilliantly by Kris Dyer and now onto the next adventure.

Great

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You are immersed instantly into an amazing 16th Century World.
Believable historical characters, language and plot. Best of its kind!

Brilliant writing!

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I space out my listens to this series to avoid having too much of a good thing, and so I came to this fourth instalment of the series which so far sits at six. S W Perry is an accomplished writer and is able to shape his narrative with skill. He flips between events in England and abroad without harm to the flow and pleases the listener as we keep up with events. S W Perry is complemented by one of the most intelligent, accurate and consistent performers available. He is fully faithful to the presentation of characters making the novel real. Despite inevitable deaths and threats, the author does provide humour and fun which makes the listen even more enjoyable. In doing so he makes one of the events all the more impactful. The novel does not have the gore of the earlier novels, but despite this new listeners are advised to start with the first novel of the series as the story-arc is to my mind important. Through following this advice the richness of the recurring characters is all the more telling and satisfying. They stay with the listener long after finishing the listen. Fully recommended.

Involving, Surprising, Rewarding, with Humour too

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