The Traitor's Mark - Thomas Treviot Author:D. K. Wilson The second in a thrilling series of historical mysteries based on unsolved Tudor crime, and starring London goldsmith Thomas Treviot The real crime: Hans Holbein, King Henry VIII's portrait painter, died in the autumn of 1543. A century later a chronicler reported that the artist had succumbed to plague, yet there is no contemporary evidence to... more » support this. Suspicions have been raised over the centuries, but the mystery of what actually happened remains unsolved to this day. Our story: Young London goldsmith Thomas Treviot is awaiting a design for a very important jewelry commission from Hans Holbein. When the design fails to turn up, Thomas sends a servant to track Holbein down, only to discover that the painter has disappeared. In his hunt for Holbein and the lost design, Thomas is led into a morass of dangerous political intrigue, French spies, and courtiers, that is more treacherous than he could ever have anticipated.« less