Begleiten Sie Harry Lytle, einen Agenten des Geheimdienstes, durch die gefährliche Welt des Londons im 17. Jahrhundert. Diese Serie entführt Sie in die politischen Ränkespiele und verdeckten Operationen am Hof von König Karl II. Freuen Sie sich auf eine fesselnde Mischung aus Spionage, historischem Drama und persönlicher Intrige, die Sie fesselt.
London 1664. Harry Lytle has just discovered he has a young cousin, Anne Giles. But he's had the pleasure of meeting her for the first time as a corpse. Harry sets out to track down Anne's killer, he must follow a trail of blood, conspiracy and corruption that takes him to the dark and murky corners of Restoration London.
In July 1665, during the plague in London, Harry Lytle returns to investigate the murder of the Earl of St Albans. A gruesome death at the dinner table sets him on the case.
1666. London is recovering from the Great Plague and mourning it's dead - The city is free at last, like a great old bear, beaten to its knees, bloody but unbowed. But the disease slithered out of London to wreak its evil upon other towns and cities. The worst was over, the Pestilence gone, in search of new feeding grounds, bounteous and plentiful in the villages outside of the London. Henry Lytle, who works for Lord Arlington's intelligence service, is sent to Essex where the plague is breeding to track down a traitor and bring him back alive. But things get tricky when Lord Arlington's latest recruit for the mission is a man Lytle left dead. Having learnt first hand of Lord Arlington's barbaric cruelty, Lytle knows he can't refuse the job. Travelling into a disease-ridden village with a murderer seems like a better option.