Historical Fiction
Plagued by religious strife at home, England holds her breath. When will Philip of Spain launch his Armada? Aspiring playwright Tom Goodluck is forced to leave Salisbury when an enemy threatens to reveal his affair with the wife of a wealthy merchant. For a while Tom's future in the exciting world of the Elizabethan theatre looks bright - until the past catches up with him . . .
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth;
The Shardlake novels of CJ Sansom
