by Martin Stephen · Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442452316
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«Die Pulververschwörung» is the historical suspense novel by Martin Stephen, published by Goldmann in paperback (400 pages, in German).
In the England of James I, spy Henry Gresham depends on informers like the thief Will Shadwell to survive. When Shadwell is murdered and Robert Cecil, the king's secretary, commissions him to investigate Francis Bacon's private life, Gresham uncovers a Catholic plot to blow up Parliament with gunpowder.
First installment of the Henry Gresham saga. The work was originally published in English under the title The Desperate Remedy: Henry Gresham and the Gunpowder Plot.
A read for those who enjoy historical suspense and the political intrigues of Stuart England.
George Martin Stephen is the former High Master of St Paul's School in London until 1 January 2011. He is an author and has been described as "one of Britain's highest profile heads".
