Will Shakespeare and the Pirate’s Fire

Will Shakespeare and the Pirate’s Fire
Robert J. Harris

Get ready for thrills, intrigues, mystery and piracy all set in Tudor England and featuring a young man named Will Shakespeare…“I’d give anything for a good horse right now…” says young Will Shakespeare.When Will gets mixed up in poaching, his father sends him away from Stratford in a band of travelling actors. On the outskirts of London, a fierce storm forces them to take refuge at the house of Doctor Dee – Queen Elizabeth I's astrologer. While there, they get caught up in a plot involving piracy, "magic" and the secret of the "Devil's Fire".Another compulsive “it could really have happened!” adventure by the author of Leonardo and the Death Machine.

Will Shakespeare and the Pirate’s Fire

Robert J. Harris

For Jill, who told me many years ago I was going to write this book.

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u74c58d4d-4e5e-5bb1-a56d-fee65d4821e2)

Title Page (#ucc8430c5-62b4-5316-b3cd-8e856c43f689)

Dedication (#ud82ab6cf-87a8-5a06-b44b-e54a79f6a1c0)

1 The Hunters Hunted (#u1e0785c7-4955-5f96-835a-580be419e042)

2 Lord Strange’s Men (#ua9b52e66-2628-53c6-a913-9957b782c029)

3 The King Must Die (#u3d1306cb-cd44-56eb-bdb7-a1c61886beb4)

4 A Handful of Luck (#u775d9912-6bf3-5690-9db3-31d722d2b5fe)

5 Pilgrims in the Storm (#ufb9b49cf-e8a8-51d3-bb00-c30aca2687c9)

6 The House of Doctor Dee (#u38bd9fe4-d8c7-5393-b9d2-c978795fdfca)

7 The Scarab (#u0712a796-5e2f-5860-bf40-e38ce1afe336)

8 Pluto and Proserpina (#u9ad7b626-6a60-55c9-b6df-b17cda4885ca)

9 The Goblin Court (#litres_trial_promo)

10 The Mermaid (#litres_trial_promo)

11 The Black Stone (#litres_trial_promo)

12 Curtain Saturday (#litres_trial_promo)

13 The Downfall of Adonis (#litres_trial_promo)

14 The Game is Up (#litres_trial_promo)

15 At the Sign of the Angel (#litres_trial_promo)

16 Meta Incognita (#litres_trial_promo)

17 Fallen on Hard Times (#litres_trial_promo)

18 Crossed Swords (#litres_trial_promo)

19 Fair Foes (#litres_trial_promo)

20 A Prisoner of Spain (#litres_trial_promo)

21 The Reluctant Pirate (#litres_trial_promo)

22 A Hare in a Maze (#litres_trial_promo)

23 A Pretty Piece of Thieving (#litres_trial_promo)

24 Shooting the Bridge (#litres_trial_promo)

25 Proof Positive (#litres_trial_promo)

26 The Protector of England (#litres_trial_promo)

27 Darkness and Light (#litres_trial_promo)

28 Inconstant Allies (#litres_trial_promo)

29 The Stage is Set (#litres_trial_promo)

30 Deus Ex Machina (#litres_trial_promo)

31 The Brimstone Circle (#litres_trial_promo)

32 The Reign of Mercy (#litres_trial_promo)

Afterword (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Robert J Harris (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

1 The Hunters Hunted (#ulink_42120579-01f3-5f74-a937-63453d81d562)

“I’d give a lot for a good horse right now,” panted Will Shakespeare, leaning heavily against the trunk of a looming oak tree. He wiped some sweat from his brow with the cuff of his jerkin and sucked in the sharp February air.

They had been running so hard his friend Hamnet could hardly summon the breath to speak. “I’d settle for a hole in the ground,” he gasped, “and some branches to cover ourselves with.”

“Look how they’re beating the bushes,” Will pointed out. “It’ll take more than a few twigs to save us.”