From the author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England now a major BBC 2 TV series & SACRED TREASON comes the brilliant new Elizabethan thriller. 1564: Catholic herald William Harley Clarenceux King of Arms is the custodian of a highly dangerous document. When it is stolen Clarenceux immediately suspects a group of Catholic sympathisers the self-styled Knights of the Round Table. Francis Walsingham the ruthless prot?g? of the queen's Principal Secretary Sir William Cecil intercepts a coded message from the Knights to a Countess known to have Catholic leanings. He is convinced that Clarenceux is trying to use the document to advance the cause of the Catholic Queen. & soon Clarenceux enters a nightmare of suspicion deception & conspiracy. Conflict & fear compounded by the religious doubts of the time conceal a persistent mystery. Where has the document gone? Who has it & who really took it? & why? The roots of betrayal are deep & shocking: & Clarenceux's journey towards the truth entails not just the discovery of clues & signs but also the discovery of himself.