Alms for Oblivion: A Shakespearean Murder Mystery
by Philip Gooden
Shakespearean Murder Mysteries (book 4)
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On a foggy morning in 1602, a boyhood friend of Nick Revill arrives in London. When Peter Agate announces that he wants to try his hand at acting, what can Nick do but offer him a part with his own company, the Chamberlain's Men, who are putting on a private production of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida for the lawyers of Middle Temple. Yet within days Peter Agate is dead, stabbed to death at Nick's lodgings - the beginning of a sequence of violent deaths, each somehow implicating Nick show more himself. To avoid the hangman's noose Nick must discover the real murderer among a cast of suspects, including an aristocratic brother and sister, a troublemaker from a rival company and an ex-actor who once saw the Devil himself on stage... show lessTags
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It's been a few years since I bought this book that has been sitting on the shelf ever since. What a mistake! It turned out to be a very entertaining mystery, filled with twists and turns, but also fun. It was peopled with an interesting collection of characters who portrayed the times very nicely. There were many references to Shakespeare's words and works, some I probably missed, some I had to look up, but I think I recognized most of them. The good news is that I have another one in the series also waiting to be read.
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- Original publication date
- 2003
- People/Characters
- Nick Revill; Peter Agate; Abel Glaze
- Important places
- Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark, London, England, UK; London, England, UK
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- English, Spanish
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- Paper, Ebook
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