Hardback, 2016, Harper Collins. First edition. A very good copy with dustwrapper protected by a Brodart wrapper.The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling seriesThe fifth book in S. J. Parris\'s bestselling, critically acclaimed series following Giordano Bruno, set at the time of Queen Elizabeth IPARIS, 1585A KING WITHOUT AN HEIRHeretic-turned-spy Giordano Bruno arrives in Paris to find a city on the edge of catastrophe. King Henri III lives in fear of a coup by the Duke of Guise and his fanatical Catholic League, and another massacre on the streets.A COURT AT WAR WITH GODWhen Bruno\'s old rival, Father Paul Lefvre is found murdered, Bruno is drawn into a dangerous web of religious politics and court intrigue. And watching over his shoulder is the King\'s mother, Catherine de Medici, with her harem of beautiful spies.A DEADLY CONSPIRACY IN PLAYWhen murder strikes at the heart of the Palace, Bruno finds himself on the trail of a killer who is protecting a terrible secret. With the royal houses of France and England under threat, Bruno must expose the truth - or be silenced for good.