Friday, May 19th, 1536. Anne Boleyn shuffles from the rooms where she has been held prisoner since her conviction for High Treason against King Henry. A few yards away is the spot where she will meet her death. Some watching suppose that this is the end of the matter. The enemies of the Church will take notice; the heretics will tremble and dissension will wither. But on that May morning the flame of dissent became a fire that would engulf England. Some would flee before it, others would end their lives in it. But for Jean ...
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Friday, May 19th, 1536. Anne Boleyn shuffles from the rooms where she has been held prisoner since her conviction for High Treason against King Henry. A few yards away is the spot where she will meet her death. Some watching suppose that this is the end of the matter. The enemies of the Church will take notice; the heretics will tremble and dissension will wither. But on that May morning the flame of dissent became a fire that would engulf England. Some would flee before it, others would end their lives in it. But for Jean Rombaud, the Swordsman of Calais and Elinor, Anne's closest friend, her death catapults them headlong into a desperate race to escape the madness of Mortimer Mandrell. The second book of the 'Swordsman of Calais' series.
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