The Laughing Hangman: An Elizabethan Mystery - Softcover

Marston, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1459687582 ISBN 13: 9781459687585

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2014

Synopsis

When Nicholas Bracewell finds himself in the parlour of his lost love, Anne Hendrik, he is not expecting her entreaties to embroil him in the murder of a beloved choir master. Between tales of cruelty, forgotten maps of London and a butcher determined to rescue his son, it is yet another mystery for the book holder to untangle. But will his quest endanger Lord Westfield's Men? As the troupe's latest play threatens to break them apart beneath the playwright's own belligerent ribaldry, the shadow of the hangman stalks ever closer. And with every step his laughter rings with the power to turn even the hallowed stage into a gallows.

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Review:

"Marston's wit and vivid evocation of Elizabethan London's sights and smells provide a delightfully ribald backdrop for this clever series."-Publishers Weekly

"A delightfully dazzling period piece suffused with humor, wit and atmospheric drama." -- Booklist

""A delightfully dazzling period piece suffused with humor, wit and atmospheric drama."" -- Booklist

About the Author:

EDWARD MARSTON was born and brought up in South Wales. A full-time writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television and the theatre. Prolific and highly successful, he is equally at home writing children books or literary criticism, plays or biographies and the settings for his crime novels range from the world of professional golf to the compilation of the Domesday Survey. He is also a former Chairman of the Crime Writers Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1459687582
• ISBN 13: 9781459687585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384