The Nine Giants

Description

The Nine Giants The Dramatic Elizabethan Whodunnit
Edward Marston

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….

Allison & Busby (Jan 28, 2013)
9780749010287
Paperback
288 pages | 127 x 191 x 19 mm | 227 g | United Kingdom | English

Genre

Historical Mystery
Suspense

Subject

Amateur Sleuths
Historical
Literary
Literature & Fiction
Mystery
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Condition: Very Good | Pre-owned