Sleep of Death
Published on 30. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-84901-070-2 (ISBN)
Description
In the last decade of Elizabeth I's reign, Nick Revill, an aspiring young actor, comes to London seeking fame and fortune. Once there he gains employment with the Chamberlain's Men.
Thrown out of his digs over an unfortunate accident, Nick is offered lodgings at a wealthy Thameside mansion by a black-clad youth whose father has just died and whose mother has remarried his uncle. Pondering on the similarities between the young man's story and William Shakespeare's newest tragedy, Hamlet, Nick is charged with the task of finding out whether foul play was involved in the death of the old man and hasty remarriage of his young, lusty wife.
As Nick works his way ever closer to the truth, the finger of suspicion begins to point to his enigmatic employer Mr William Shakespeare - actor, author and shareholder in the Chamberlain's Men...
Thrown out of his digs over an unfortunate accident, Nick is offered lodgings at a wealthy Thameside mansion by a black-clad youth whose father has just died and whose mother has remarried his uncle. Pondering on the similarities between the young man's story and William Shakespeare's newest tragedy, Hamlet, Nick is charged with the task of finding out whether foul play was involved in the death of the old man and hasty remarriage of his young, lusty wife.
As Nick works his way ever closer to the truth, the finger of suspicion begins to point to his enigmatic employer Mr William Shakespeare - actor, author and shareholder in the Chamberlain's Men...
Reviews / Votes
The witty narrative, laced with puns and word play so popular in the period, makes this an enjoyable racy tale. * Sunday Telegraph. * Another clever criminal plunge into history. * Guardian * Highly entertaining * Sunday Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 161 mm
Width: 201 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
234 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84901-070-2 (9781849010702)
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Person
Philip Gooden is the author of the Elizabethan-set Nick Revill murder mystery series and has had his short stories published in many anthologies. He is actively involved with the Crime Writers' Association and contributes to its magazine, Red Herrings. He lives in Bath.