Let Slip the Dogs
Anna Castle
Secret trysts, daring dalliances, and a pair of pedigreed hounds
keep Francis Bacon and his team busy while trying to catch a reckless murderer.
It’s Midsummer, 1591, at Richmond Palace, and love is in the air. Gallant courtiers sport with great ladies while Tom and Trumpet bring their long-laid plans to fruition at last. Everybody’s doing it — even Francis Bacon enjoys a private liaison with the secretary to the new French ambassador. But the queen loathes scandal and will punish anyone rash enough to get caught.
Still, it’s all in a summer day until a man is found dead in the orchard. The youth had few talents beyond a keen nose for gossip. He was doubtless murdered to keep a secret, but what sort? Romantic, or political? They carried different penalties — banishment from court or a traitor’s death. Either way, worth killing to protect.
Bacon wants nothing more than to leave things alone. He has no position and no patron. But can he live with himself if another innocent person dies?
Duration - 9h 47m.
Author - Anna Castle.
Narrator - Philip Battley.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 Anna Castle ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Secret trysts, daring dalliances, and a pair of pedigreed hounds keep Francis Bacon and his team busy while trying to catch a reckless murderer. It’s Midsummer, 1591, at Richmond Palace, and love is in the air. Gallant courtiers sport with great ladies while Tom and Trumpet bring their long-laid plans to fruition at last. Everybody’s doing it — even Francis Bacon enjoys a private liaison with the secretary to the new French ambassador. But the queen loathes scandal and will punish anyone rash enough to get caught. Still, it’s all in a summer day until a man is found dead in the orchard. The youth had few talents beyond a keen nose for gossip. He was doubtless murdered to keep a secret, but what sort? Romantic, or political? They carried different penalties — banishment from court or a traitor’s death. Either way, worth killing to protect. Bacon wants nothing more than to leave things alone. He has no position and no patron. But can he live with himself if another innocent person dies? Duration - 9h 47m. Author - Anna Castle. Narrator - Philip Battley. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 Anna Castle ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
Chapter One
Duration:00:17:44
Chapter Two
Duration:00:33:46
Chapter Three
Duration:00:23:04
Chapter Four
Duration:00:26:05
Chapter Five
Duration:00:21:40
Chapter Six
Duration:00:20:38
Chapter Seven
Duration:00:29:25
Chapter Eight
Duration:00:22:20
Chapter Nine
Duration:00:14:06
Chapter Ten
Duration:00:25:50
Chapter Eleven
Duration:00:23:18
Chapter Twelve
Duration:00:23:52
Chapter Thirteen
Duration:00:23:54
Chapter Fourteen
Duration:00:23:32
Chapter Fifteen
Duration:00:23:33
Chapter Sixteen
Duration:00:33:39
Chapter Seventeen
Duration:00:16:09
Chapter Eighteen
Duration:00:14:19
Chapter Nineteen
Duration:00:11:40
Chapter Twenty
Duration:00:17:41
Chapter Twenty-One
Duration:00:21:04
Chapter Twenty-Two
Duration:00:38:12
Chapter Twenty-Three
Duration:00:18:16
Chapter Twenty-Four
Duration:00:16:37
Chapter Twenty-Five
Duration:00:26:07
Chapter Twenty-Six
Duration:00:16:29
Historical Notes
Duration:00:04:05
Thanks
Duration:00:00:22
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:19