Martin Stephen

Gentleman spy Henry Gresham is called to the deathbed of his archenemy, Robert Cecil, and given the task of retrieving letters that could be used against the King. Little does he realise that he is being set up, as live bait, to draw out a madman determined to destroy James I.

After the death of his best informer, gentleman spy Henry Gresham suspects foul play. Meanwhile he is summoned back to Court and ordered to investigate the private life of Sir Francis Bacon. During this investigation and the one into his informer's death, Grisham stumbles upon an unbelievable Catholic plot!

In 1588 Philip of Spain assembles a great fleet to defeat England and Queen Elizabeth. Young Henry Grisham has inside knowledge, through his work as an agent for Francis Walsingham, but this is likely to endanger his life.

Queen Elizabeth I is dying, and the King of England’s oldest and bitterest enemy, Scotland, is poised to take the throne. With all her old allies and advisors dead, Elizabeth turns to the only man she can trust to tell her the truth, Henry Gresham. A reluctant recruit, Gresham finds himself unwillingly dragged into the vicious political manoeuvring that will decide who is England’s next ruler.

One man's battle to make a full recovery from a crippling illness, and a condemnation of some of the practices of the National Health Service. Unlike the excellent care received by many stroke patients, the author's experiences are written in anger for the people who might have made a full recovery from a stroke, but failed to do so.

In 1598 all England wants to know who will succeed the ageing Elizabeth 1 on the throne of England? Henry Gresham is unwillingly embroiled in Robert Cecil’s dangerous scheming .