Each novel in this thrilling series of historical mysteries is
based on a real unsolved Tudor crime. This second instalment
reunites readers with its star, London goldsmith Thomas Treviot.
The Real Crime Hans Holbein, King Henry VIII's portrait painter,
died in the autumn of 1543. A century later a chronicler reported
that the artist had succumbed to plague, yet there is no
contemporary evidence to support this. Suspicions have been raised
over the centuries, but the mystery of what actually happened
remains unsolved to this day. Our Story Young London goldsmith
Thomas Treviot is awaiting a design for a very important jewellery
commission from Hans Holbein. When the design fails to turn up,
Thomas sends a servant to track Holbein down, only to discover that
the painter has disappeared. In his hunt for Holbein and the lost
design, Thomas is led into a morass of dangerous political
intrigue, Spanish spies and courtiers that is more treacherous than
he could ever have anticipated...
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