The Bear Pit
a twisting historical thriller from the award-winning author of The Seeker
$24.77
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
6 February 2020
Summary
‘Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion’ *Sunday Times*
London, 1656: Captain Seeker is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin preparing to strike at the heart of Oliver Cromwell’s Republic
The Commonwealth is balanced on a knife edge. Royalists and disillusioned former Parliamentarians have united against Oliver Cromwell, now a king in all but name. Three conspirators, representing these factions, plan to assassinate t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787473614 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1787473619 |
| Author: | S.G. MacLean |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 291g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 36mm |
| Series: | The Seeker |
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Critics Review
MacLean skilfully weaves together the disparate threads of her plot to create a gripping tale of crime and sedition in an unsettled city - Sunday Times on The Black Friar
Excellent at conveying the insecurities and unsettling memories that bedevil Cromwell’s dying Protectorate, the author brings a fresh perspective and gold-plated research to a period which has been unfairly eclipsed by the popularity of the Tudors - Daily Mail on The Black FriarMacLean’s light touch portrait of a hard man with a softer core is what makes these books so memorable - The Times on The Black FriarA thrilling plot … MacLean’s characters are subtle and convincing … could challenge C.J. Sansom for dominion of historical crime - Sunday Times on The SeekerThe best historical crime novel of the year - Sunday Express on The SeekerAbout The Author
S.G. MacLean
S.G. MacLean (Shona) has a PhD in History from the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of two historical crime series - the Alexander Seaton series, set in seventeenth century Scotland and the Damian Seeker series, set in Oliver Cromwell’s London, for which she has twice won the CWA Historical Dagger. Her standalone Jacobite thriller, The Bookseller of Inverness, was Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2023. Shona lives in Conon Bridge, Scotland.
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