Reviews for The nine giants

The average rating for The nine giants based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-02-18 00:00:00 Shaun Dunning Ein politisches Komplott im London des 16. Jahrhunderts. Das war mal eine etwas andere Atmosphäre, die Sitten und Gebräuche der Zeit unterschieden sich doch ziemlich von unseren. Edward Marston schafft es, einen in die Epoche zu versetzen, nicht nur mit dem, was er schreibt, sondern auch damit, wie er schreibt. Sein Stil ist gewollt altmodisch und hilft kräftig dabei mit, sich 500 Jahre zurück zu denken. Und meine erste Befürchtung, der Stil und die Geschichte könnten sich als langweilig erweisen, war unbegründet. Es war eine angenehme Lektüre

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-26 00:00:00 Joel Rude 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.