Donald, Angus, 1965-,

Blood's game / Angus Donald. - London : Zaffre Publishing, 2017. - 330 pages : map ; 25 cm. - Blood ; [1] . - Donald, Angus, 1965-. Holcroft Blood ; 01. .

"In the court of Charles II, fortune favours the bold... But one false step could prove fatal"--Cover.

Winter, 1670. Holcroft Blood has entered the employ of the powerful Duke of Buckingham. It is here that his education really begins. With a gift for numbers, Holcroft soon proves invaluable to the Duke, but when he's pushed into a betrayal he risks everything for revenge. His father, Colonel Thomas Blood, has fallen on hard times. When he's asked to commit treason by stealing the crown jewels, he puts himself and his family in a dangerous situation. As the machinations of powerful men plot to secure the country's future, both father and son must learn what it is to survive in a more dangerous battlefield than war the court of King Charles II.

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Charles, II, King of England 1630-1685 --Fiction.


1660-1685


London (England) - History - 17th century - Fiction.
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 - Fiction.
Revenge - Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Code and cipher stories.
Code and cipher stories.
Fathers and sons.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.


Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685.
Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685--Fiction.
Great Britain.


Historical fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
Thrillers (Fiction).
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.

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