To Kingdom Come: A Novel (Barker and Llewelyn Book 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003L77UEI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 343 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Llewelyn is brought into the thick of the action as van Rhyn's assistant, Thomas Penrith, an anarchist similarly skilled in bomb making. Together, they're initiated into the violent faction, called the Invincibles, while the younger double agent is enticed by the gorgeous redhead Maire O'Casey, sister of one of the terrorists. From Publishers Weekly It's May of 1884, and Scotland Yard has just been blown up, the latest attack in the Irish Republican Brotherhood's dynamiting campaign to force Home Rule. Despite the resistance of Scotland Yard's inef
A good read MMF I really really like this series of books. The characters are interesting, the plots move right along, the mysteries are good brain teasers. While I enjoyed this book, it's maybe not the best one in the series. I'm just finishing The Hellfire Conspiracy, th. B. McEwan said Solid Historical Mystery. This is a good mystery with an excellent plot and a surprise ending that might actually surprise even sophisticated readers. So often it's easy to figure out "who done it" before the ending, but in this novel author Will Thomas actually manages to build his. Sherlock Holmes with a twist When I was growing up, I was a big Sherlock Holmes fan, and I have read and reread the stories several times over the years. Other than Edgar Allen Poe, there never seemed to be another author who could standup to Doyle. Will Thomas is that author, and Cyru
When a bomb destroys the recently formed Special Irish Branch of Scotland Yard, all fingers point to the increasingly brazen factions of Irish dissidents seeking liberation from English rule. Posing as a reclusive German bomb maker and his anarchist apprentice, they are recruited for the group's ultimate plan: to bring London to its knees and end the monarchy forever.Their adventures take them from a lighthouse on the craggy coast of Wales to a Liverpool infested with radicals, and even to the City of Light, where Llewelyn goes undercover with Maire O'Casey, the alluring sister of an Irish radical. Llewelyn again finds himself put to the test by his enigmatic em