The Last Queen of England
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My review -
American
genealogist and man of mystery Jefferson Tayte has a rather different and much
more personal assignment in this latest book.
Steve Robinson has previously given us a past and a present narrative,
woven together with great skill, but this time the action all takes place in
present day London. His friend Marcus
Brown has been tracing the families of five people hanged in the reign of Queen
Anne and JT and a history professor friend of Marcus Brown’s become embroiled
in the spin-off, potentially fatally.
It’s wonderful to get closer to the true feelings of our ‘loner’ hero
and to feel his passion for his subject and for his friend Marcus. We also feel
him grappling with his own insecurities, his shyness, his social ineptitude, as
he warms to a new friend.
Steve
Robinson takes a slightly different tack with this new book in that he takes
the reader through a historical puzzle which is intriguing and complex. His story telling abilities are as sharp as
ever and JT doesn’t work this job alone.
We are introduced to an intelligent and feisty companion for this story. We are in the realms of major conspiracy
theory here – and I do love a conspiracy theory. It’s not the sort of puzzle with a pat answer
and we have loose threads left at the end which hint of further intrigue to come. I, for one, can’t wait!
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