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In the Den of the English Lion #2
The Impress of Heaven
LONDON 1600. When the Earl of Essex is removed from command and placed under arrest for reaching a forbidden truce with the Irish rebels, Serjeant Noah Ames reluctantly accepts a commission to investigate the earl’s fitness for command, and the two are pitted against each other once again. Meanwhile, Noah’s beautiful daughter, Lady Jessica, has sought to remarry into the nobility, but events have thus far frustrated her plans. One day, Noah attends a briefing where the Queen’s new commander displays maps of English military positions in Ireland. Noah’s suspicions are aroused when he sees that one map is missing a watermark appearing on all the others. When he informs his young barrister friend Jonathan of his concern, he inadvertently sets in motion events that throw Jonathan and Lady Jessica together on a journey across England into ever greater peril.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
292 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 4, 2016
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February 26, 2017
A masterpiece!
The Impress of Heaven is a fascinating read and makes a stunning sequel to A Second Daniel.
Just as exciting and meticulously researched as its predecessor novel, the narrative brilliantly breathes new life into the life & times of the final Tudor monarch.
Each page spellbindingly resurrects the era of Elizabeth I with use of the present tense; flawlessly reanimating the famed royal courtiers of the Queen's Privy Council, illuminating from the shadows the dark machinations of the key political schemers plaguing the realm with their constant plotting.
Even the wanton violence of the notable Elizabethan pub brawls; whose participants seem to encompass the entire social strata of Elizabethan society- playwrights, barristers, the aristocracy, tradesmen and manservants of the nobility.
A second spectacular novel from Neal Roberts!
Noah Ames returns a legal eagle of unparalleled wit and integrity.
Highly engaging dialogue vividly breathes life into all characters- major and minor.
A larger presence of female characters than in the first book - with the return of Noah's Ames second spouse Marie and his petulant daughter Lady Jessica.
The Impress of Heaven perfectly weaves together so many different genres: fiction, mystery, suspense, crime and historical- as did its predecessor novel.
Truly epic Elizabethan historical fiction!
The Impress of Heaven is a fascinating read and makes a stunning sequel to A Second Daniel.
Just as exciting and meticulously researched as its predecessor novel, the narrative brilliantly breathes new life into the life & times of the final Tudor monarch.
Each page spellbindingly resurrects the era of Elizabeth I with use of the present tense; flawlessly reanimating the famed royal courtiers of the Queen's Privy Council, illuminating from the shadows the dark machinations of the key political schemers plaguing the realm with their constant plotting.
Even the wanton violence of the notable Elizabethan pub brawls; whose participants seem to encompass the entire social strata of Elizabethan society- playwrights, barristers, the aristocracy, tradesmen and manservants of the nobility.
A second spectacular novel from Neal Roberts!
Noah Ames returns a legal eagle of unparalleled wit and integrity.
Highly engaging dialogue vividly breathes life into all characters- major and minor.
A larger presence of female characters than in the first book - with the return of Noah's Ames second spouse Marie and his petulant daughter Lady Jessica.
The Impress of Heaven perfectly weaves together so many different genres: fiction, mystery, suspense, crime and historical- as did its predecessor novel.
Truly epic Elizabethan historical fiction!
March 21, 2016
With the continuing story of Serjeant Noah Ames its 1599, London.
He has accepted a commission to investigate the Earl of Essex, meanwhile a murder is committed in the Tower, his daughter Lady Jessica has designs to remarry and a map of the English military positions in Ireland has been stolen.
An enjoyable read.
Again the story is told in the present tense, unfortunately.
A NetGalley book
He has accepted a commission to investigate the Earl of Essex, meanwhile a murder is committed in the Tower, his daughter Lady Jessica has designs to remarry and a map of the English military positions in Ireland has been stolen.
An enjoyable read.
Again the story is told in the present tense, unfortunately.
A NetGalley book
May 18, 2017
I read the first two books in this story very quickly and enjoyed them both... I think I'll take a short break before I read the third.
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