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"Marston's wit and vivid evocation of Elizabethan London's sights and smells provide a delightfully ribald backdrop for this clever series." -Publishers Weekly ., ."all the swashbuckling thrills and romantic swagger of the blood-and-thunder tragedies that are meat and drink to Westfield's Men." -New York Times Book Review The fiery star, 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.... "As rich in background color, language, and vivid characters as it is in plot structure, Marston has another winner here." -Kirkus Reviews Originally published in 1991, it is the fourth in series following Poisoned Pen Press' republications of The Queen's Head, The Merry Devils, and The Trip to Jerusalem.
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Joel Rude
reviewed The nine giants on August 26, 2018 The nine giants
This was the best Elizabethan Mystery yet.
Nicholas Bracewell, book holder for Lord Westfield's Men, is once again at the centre of an investigation that takes him through the less savoury parts of London in search of the truth. Hindering his progress is Lawrence Firethorn, actor-manager of the players, who has seen yet another woman to fall in love with and to perform for. Despite both parties being married, one of them to the Lord Mayor elect of London, an illicit love tries and fails to raise its head. After a well-timed intervention by Bracewell, both doomed lovers never consummate the relationship. Both marriages survive.
This is merely a side plot to the main story of bribery, corruption, murder and more in the pursuit of greater riches than already possessed by those too blinded by them to appreciate what they already have.
Nicholas Bracewell, with the help of his friends and colleagues, manages to foil the plots being planned against the Lord Mayor elect, despite other deaths occurring along the way.
Westfield's Men remain based at the Queen's Head and normal life, such as it is, for the players, returns.
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