The Quick and the Dead literary fiction including the tenacious disapproval of

including the tenacious disapproval of the Queen of England

bare Marsh holds deadly secrets

In this masterful work of history

Berlin and Nigeria

'I read the book in one go

The Quick and the Dead literary fiction including the tenacious disapproval ofIt is 1597 and Kit Skevy and Mariner Elgin have just robbed the wrong grave. They are young criminals in the pocket of a gang Lord named Will Twentyman, the Grave Eorl of Southwark. Mariner is the best cutpurse around, a strange Calvinist girl who dresses like a boy and is partner in crime to Kit Skevy, Southwark's best brawler who carries a he cannot feel pain. When caught out in their unfortunate larceny, Kit is kidnapped by the menacing alchemist