A Plague of Angels

A Plague of Angels
Written by	P. F. Chisholm
Published	1998
Series characters	Simon Barnet Robert Carey Henry Carey Barnabus Cooke Henry Dodd
Book characters	Emilia Bessano Edmund Carey Julie Granville Robert Greene Thomas Heneage Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare
Referenced characters	John Carey Janet Dodd Queen Elizabeth
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A Plague of Angels is the fourth book of the Sir Robert Carey Mysteries.

Synopsis

Wednesday, 30th August 1592, afternoon

Robert Carey, Henry Dodd, Barnabus Cooke and Simon Barnet approach London because Carey's father, Henry Carey, has called Carey back to the city and are ambushed. They successfully fight off the attack. As they enter the city, they have to approach the home of Carey's father by a circuitous route because a number of bailiffs are searching for Carey because of his debts. Upon arriving, they encounter Mistress Bessano and William Shakespeare. Henry Carey arrives soon after and wants to know why Carey had come to the house. Carey tells his father a complicated and partly incorrect version of his recent adventure in Scotland because Thomas Heneage, the Vice Chancellor of England, is present. Afterward, Heneage asks Dodd questions about the Scottish court to which Dodd does not know the answers.

Friday, 1st September 1592

Carey, Dodd, Barnabus and Simon begin the search for Edmund Carey by stopping first at his home. Carey and Dodd talk with Susannah Carey and search the house. Carey finds small amounts of mercury in a chest. After finding Robert Greene at a tavern, they take him to another tavern. Carey and Dodd are called to meet with Henry Carey. They leave Green in the custody of William Shakespeare and join Carey's father, with whom they locate the bodies of the men who attempted the previous day's ambush and of Henry's servant. Carey and Dodd return to the tavern and Greene.

Sunday, 3rd September 1592, afternoon

Robert Carey learns about Thomas Heneage's plot to become a close adviser to Queen Elizabeth by trapping and questioning Christopher Marlowe. Heneage goes to the Fleet Prison to interrogate Carey and learns that Henry Dodd has been arrested by mistake. Heneage decides to take Dodd for interrogation, convinced that he knows the whereabouts of either Robert Carey or Edmund Carey. Robert arrives at Fleet Prison and finds his brother with the assistance of Julie Granville.

Continuity

• In conversation, characters refer to events in Error.

Historical References

• Francis Walsingham