Author: Edward Marston Year: 1992 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction
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ISBNs: 9780449222461 9780552137119 0449222462 0552137111 |
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Though the lusty star of Lord Westfield's Men, Laurence Firethorn, is always ripe for seducing women bewitched by his art, the vicious rivalry that disrupts the acting troupe erupts between two other players. Owen Elias is a surly, envious Welshman, while Sebastian Carrick is an amiable and attractive gentleman. Their onstage duels become ever more realistic, but it is an axe that splits open Sebastian's head one night in a Clerkenwell alley. Company book holder Nicholas Bracewell, accustomed to damage control, begins to investigate the victim's death and learns that in life, he was prone to make enemies from his weakness for women and his willingness to welch on debts. A web of deception has in fact been spun that stretches from lowly to high ranking courtesans, all the way to the Virgin Queen. And what of the horse Nimbus, promised to perform Pegasus-like at the very top of St. Paul's Church?
This book is part of the "Nicholas Bracewell" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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 | "The Laughing Hangman" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Roaring Boy" First published in 1995 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Silent Woman" First published in 1992 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Merry Devils" First published in 1989 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Queen's Head" First published in 1988 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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