For Lord Westfield's Men, Every high road leads to death
When the deathly horrors of the Black Plague decimate the audiences
in London's theatres, the acclaimed troupe of players called Lord
Westfield's Men take to the high road to seek out fresh audiences.
But wherever they go, they are thwarted by misfortune and baffled by
mysteries. Their scripts are stolen, their players abducted. A dead
man walks, and a beautiful woman hears the voice of God.
Only one man is clever enough to match swords with the troupe's
burgeoning troubles. Upon Nicholas Bracewell, the company's
bookholder and mainstay, falls the burden that may cost him his life
Â- as they head for an ancient inn called The Trip to Jerusalem,
where the last act of a bloody drama is about to begin.
