When young actor Thomas Mapperley faces dire punishment for seducing the daughter of an aristocrat he is saved by an unlikely champion, Francis Walsingham, spymaster to Queen Elizabeth.
Mapperley is soon despatched to the Low Countries where William, Prince of Orange is engaged in a deadly struggle against the powerful forces of the Spanish Crown. If he loses the war, the Low Countries will remain in the grip of Spain. If he wins, the Low Countries may become a new nation.
Mapperley finds he is both pawn and player in the turbulent times ahead, captured by the Spaniards, used as an agent by William and finally witnessing the terrible sack of Antwerp, the wealthiest city in Europe.
Perhaps being a spy was a bad move. Perhaps he should have remained an actor.
Genre: Thriller
Mapperley is soon despatched to the Low Countries where William, Prince of Orange is engaged in a deadly struggle against the powerful forces of the Spanish Crown. If he loses the war, the Low Countries will remain in the grip of Spain. If he wins, the Low Countries may become a new nation.
Mapperley finds he is both pawn and player in the turbulent times ahead, captured by the Spaniards, used as an agent by William and finally witnessing the terrible sack of Antwerp, the wealthiest city in Europe.
Perhaps being a spy was a bad move. Perhaps he should have remained an actor.
Genre: Thriller
Used availability for Martin Lake's Apprentice Spy