“Who are you?” The man was not daemon, witch, or vampire but merely a wrinkled human. “I believe that your husband and his friends call me the Old Fox. I am also, for my sins, the lord high treasurer.” The shrewdest man in England, and certainly one of its most ruthless, allowed his words to sink in. His kindly expression did nothing to diminish the sharpness of his gaze. William Cecil was sitting in my parlor.” - Shadow of Night ☁️ Pictured: Burghley House - Elizabethan Prodigy House built by William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley ☁️ #Repost @aldousbertram ・・・ Plenty of windows at Burghley! One of England's finest 'prodigy houses', this must have been an astonishingly modern and grandiose statement when construction began in 1558. #architecturelovers #tudorarchitecture #queenelizabethi #englishcountryhouse #castle #palace #statelyhome #burghley #facade #visitengland . . . #shadowofnight #allsoulstrilogy #deborahharkness #oldfox #williamcecil #lordburgley
