Book description
When plague strikes London, Lord Westfield's Men count themselves
fortunate they've been invited to perform as part of the wedding
celebrations for Sophia Magdalena, the fair maid of Bohemia. The long
journey across Europe is a daunting prospect but stage manager Nicholas
Bracewell is confident they will arrive safely, and confident the
mission Lord Westfield sets them-to deliver secret documents to Talbot
Roydon, an English alchemist at the Imperial Court-will go without a
hitch. En route, murder strikes one of the actors during their first
performance at Flushing. It's the first of many setbacks. Once in
Prague, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II proves a madcap host. Worse, not
only do attacks on the players continue as the royal wedding day
approaches, but someone kidnaps Nicholas' sweetheart Anne Henrik…
"Provide[s] humor and suspense along with a richly colorful history
lesson." EDWARD MARSTON was born and brought up in South Wales. A
full-time writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film,
television and the theatre. Prolific and highly successful, he is
equally at home writing children books or literary criticism, plays or
biographies and the settings for his crime novels range from the world
of professional golf to the compilation of the Domesday Survey. He is
also a former Chairman of the Crime Writers Association.
