Martyr - Signed, Lined & Dated John Grisham and asked to work on

and asked to work on a commission for the house she is building on the desolate Smugglers' Coast of North Yorkshire

he became famous for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his unique ways of putting them into practice

foreign eye the intricate daily life of the town I reduced to a series of encounters - chance and sometimes fortuitous meetings with strangers David is an opportunist seducer

is already a formidable figure and warrior

Martyr - Signed, Lined & Dated John Grisham and asked to work onEngland is close to war. Within days the axe could fall on the neck of Mary Queen of Scots, and Spain is already gathering a battle fleet to avenge her. Tensions in Elizabeth I's government are at breaking point. At the eye of the storm is John Shakespeare, chief intelligencer in the secret service of Sir Francis Walsingham. When an intercept reveals a plot to assassinate England's 'sea dragon', Francis Drake, Shakespeare is ordered to protect him.