Description
| Product ID: | 9780749010287 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Nicholas Bracewell |
| Title: | The Nine Giants |
| Subtitle: | The dramatic Elizabethan whodunnit |
| Authors: | Author: Edward Marston |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating As book holder and stage manager of Lord Westfield's Men, Nicholas Bracewell is accustomed to solving problems. So when he discovers the corpse of a man, he is determined to unravel its mystery. After several attacks on the company's members, Nicholas suspects a connection - could these apparently accidental events be part of some hidden design? The fiery star of the company of players called Lord Westfield''s Men, Laurence Firethorn, is hot for a lady, wife of the Lord Mayor elect. A tryst at London''s Nine Giants Inn is arranged. Meanwhile, the lugubrious landlord of the actors'' home base is laid even lower by a plot to take over ownership of the inn. A young apprentice actor is subjected to a horrible assault and a waterman pulls a mangled corpse from the Thames.The drama comes to a climax at the annual Lord Mayor''s show as his barge moves grandly down the river.... |
| Imprint Name: | Allison & Busby |
| Publisher Name: | Allison & Busby |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-01-28 |
