The Tyburn Guinea: A Fragment
Author: Sean Gabb
Category: Fiction
Published: 2017
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Read OnlineLondon 1696. War. Treason. Espionage. Financial chaos. Speculation. Sarah Goodricke writes plays. It pays the rent. It keeps her in tobacco and laudanum. She has a play to finish. Then she gets caught up in a hanging procession to Tyburn. She agrees to perform a last service for one of the convicts. It goes wrong. It goes terribly wrong.Please note: This is an unrevised and unfinished fragment of a novel by Richard Blake.London 1696War. Treason. Espionage. Financial chaos. Speculation.Sarah Goodricke writes plays. It pays the rent. It keeps her in tobacco and laudanum. She has a play to finish.Then she gets caught up in a hanging procession to Tyburn. She agrees to perform a last service for one of the convicts.It goes wrong. It goes terribly wrong.Sarah runs. Sarah thinks she is safe. But can she hide in a city filled with plotters, all desperate to lay hands on the packet of letters she has carried away from Tyburn?This unfinished fragment of a novel by Richard Blake is offered free in e-book format as a sample of his finished works. Do not be disappointed if it leaves you in suspense.One day, someone may pay him to finish it....