The Ashes of London

Ashes of London is terrific Sarah Hilary The Ashes of London presents a breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era the multiple narrative strands are drawn together in a brilliantly orchestrated finale Financial Times In this elegant, engrossing novel set during an extraordinary period, Taylor skilfully presents a London in which so many must still pay the price for the Civil War and the murder of King Charles I Sunday Express One of the most reliably enjoyable of historical novelists Taylor demonstrates his usual command of plot and historical background The Sunday Times 'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i The author conveys the confusion and uncertainty of the times in a pacy story of Charles IIs desire for vengeance, the struggle to rebuild a stricken city and the hunt for a murderer Daily Mail This is terrific stuff: intelligent, engrossing and, in its evocation of a long-vanished London, wonderfully plausible. Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph 'The Ashes of London weaves a pacy story from the framework of true events. A new Shardlake may rise from the ashes' The Times Andrew Taylor provides a masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot. The Times, Books of the Year Thrilling Gripping, fast-moving and credible Its a well-constructed political thriller with moments of horror, admirable and enjoyable. Taylor has done his research so thoroughly as to be unobtrusive Spectator Finely wrought and solidly researched The novels plot is fiendishly complex Sunday Telegraph

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed TV drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Silent Boy, The Scent of Death and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club Choice. He has won many awards, including the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America, the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWAs prestigious Diamond Dagger, awarded for sustained excellence in crime writing. He also writes for the Spectator. He lives with his wife Caroline in the Forest of Dean.