Courting Dragons

Introducing Will Somers, the king's jester but nobody's fool in this exuberant, intriguing and thoroughly entertaining first in a new series set in Tudor England.

1529, London. Jester Will Somers enjoys an enviable position at the court of Henry VIII. As the king's entertainer, chief gossip-monger, spy and loyal adviser, he knows all of the king's secrets - and almost everyone else's within the walls of Greenwich Palace.

But when Will discovers the body of Spanish count Don Gonzalo while walking his trusted sidekick Nosewise in the courtyard gardens, and a blackmail note arrives soon after demanding information about the king, is one of his own closely guarded secrets about to be exposed? Trouble is afoot at the palace. Are the king's enemies plotting a move against him? Will must draw on all his wit and ingenuity to get to the bottom of the treacherous and deadly goings-on at the court before further tragedy strikes . . .


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 01/03/2023
ISBN: 9781448309870
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2022 pg. 13
Publishers Weekly 11/07/2022