The Tudor Conspiracy is book two in the Spymaster Chronicles and we return to Whitehall with Brendan Prescott, Princess Elizabeth's spymaster being involved in intrigue and an adventure at the heart of the Tudor dynasty. We have a little romance for Brendan which is a true reprieve during the turmoil of navigating Whitehall and London as a whole under the reign of 'Bloody' Mary I and the public re-emergence of Catholicism in England.

What I loved in The Tudor Conspiracy particularly, is despite Brendan being a member of Elizabeth's household? Brendan has loyalty to the Tudor dynasty in general and there are moments where you can see how much he admires Mary despite her more unpleasant and cutthroat ways of handling rebellion and those who endangered her reign. Once more, Christopher Gortner's incredible world-building and historical research draws you in and the whole book is incredibly well done so the descriptions easily trigger your senses you can almost smell, taste and see all that is around Brendan and those we encounter. Even the descriptions of fabrics make you feel like you can run your fing3rs over exquisite embroidery or rough worn fabrics.

This is an incredible book to read, I love this series and is there were more than the three out there.