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Marbeck and the Double-Dealer

Marbeck Series, Book 1

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Marbeck and the Double-Dealer

By: John Pilkington
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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From the author of the successful Thomas the Falconer mysteries comes a new historical series featuring Elizabethan intelligencer Martin Marbeck....

1600: A new century dawns. War with Spain has dragged on for 15 years, the conflict in Ireland for six. Unease stalks England in the dying years of Elizabeth I’s reign, and Elizabethan intelligencer Martin Marbeck is bored.

Then a message from his spymaster, Sir Robert Cecil, arrives: the existence of a spy has been discovered, code-named Morera, and Marbeck must uncover the true identity of this traitor quickly, before rumours of the young King Philip III forming a new Armada prove themselves to be true.

©2012 John Pilkington (P)2014 Audible Studios Historical Mystery Fiction
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Think I was waiting for previous characters from Mr Pilkington's Hawker series to appear for the first few chapters since had been listening to these immediately before this & why took me a while to get into this book. Hence it getting 4 stars instead of 5 from me. It's a stand alone story about spies in 1500s Elizabethan England. Once realised it was a stand alone story I relaxed into it & found it to be great in its own right, full of interest & intrigue, well written characters and believable plot twists. The narration is overall very good although a little fast paced for me at times. Overall a very enjoyable listen.

Great once got into it.

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Really enjoyed this story. Excellent narration by Philip Franks would listen to the whole series by this author with this narrator but alas not available on Audible (author self publishes?)

Very good story. 5 star narration by Philip Franks

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An entertaining storyline, well narrated, of Elizabethan spy networks and intrigues with twists and turns that succeed in keeping you guessing.

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Good story, atmospheric, narration by Philip Frank's brilliant, each character brought to life by nuances, even gender and nationalities clear and believable. really enjoyed

enjoyable .. Philip Frank's is fantastic

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Swashbuckling yarn and daring-do. Short on women in the story. Fine yarn and interesting.

Historical Whodidit.

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