Oxford, 1582.

In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I,

religious tensions between Protestants

and Catholics divide the nation. In Oxford,

the city of scholars, dark forces conspire to

destroy the brilliant young philosopher,

John de Courcy. Now he has only one hope:

somewhere in the fetid alleys of the medieval

city, there is a prostitute who may be able

to save him from ruin...

A fast-moving adventure that

brings Elizabethan England

brilliantly to life.