Shakespeare's Sword

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From the author ofLegacy, now a major BBC Film, comes a brilliant new historical crimenovella for fans of Antonia Hodgson and CJ Sansom.

To Mr Thomas Combe my sword. These six words in Shakespeares will tell us that Shakespeare had a sword. Did he wear it Did he use it What sort was it When and why did he get it What happened to it Might it does it still exist

These questions plagueSimon Gold, an antiques dealer. He believes he has identified the sword as belonging to a customer, an unworthy owner indifferent to cultural icons and uninterested in history. Simon is desperate to acquire the sword, but how How far is he prepared to go to get it In alliance with Charlotte, his customers attractive and disaffected wife, Simon finds himself going farther than he had intended - and finds, too, that Charlotte is rather more than she appears.

Praise for Alan Judd:

'Judd has an infallible grasp of intelligence' Spectator
'Wonderful. One of the best spy novels ever' Peter Hennessey on Legacy
'Plotting in the best le Carr tradition' Mail on Sunday
'Belongs to the classic tradition of spy writing' Guardian

Author Bio

Alan Judd is the author of eleven novels and two biographies. He previously served as a soldier in the British army and as a diplomat in the Foreign Office. Judd is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has won numerous awards including the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Heinemann Award. He currently writes for The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He lives in Sussex with his family.