About this episode

Matthew Carr interviews Paul Burke about his historical crime thriller set in sixteenth century Spain.

Matthew Carr chats to Paul Burke about his latest historical crime thriller THE EMPEROR OF SEVILLE, Bernardo de Mendoza, sixteenth century Spain, Terrorism, financial thrillers and white ruff crime. The Emperor of Seville: Summer 1586. When the Genoese banker Sandro Grandoni is murdered at a trade fair in the Castilian town of Medina del Campo, the Valladolid Chancery appoints the magistrate Bernardo de Mendoza to conduct the investigation. The murder takes place at a delicate political momen...

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Carr

Guest: Paul Burke

Topics covered

• historical crime
• thriller
• investigation
• sixteenth century
• Spain
• terrorism
• financial crime

Keywords

• Matthew Carr
• Paul Burke
• THE EMPEROR OF SEVILLE
• historical crime
• Bernardo de Mendoza
• terrorism
• financial thrillers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Valladolid Chancery

Books & works: THE EMPEROR OF SEVILLE

Places: Spain, Medina del Campo

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