Sleep of Death
book 1 in the nick revill series
$32.49
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2020
Summary
Sleep of Death: A Shakespearean Mystery
‘Highly entertaining’ *Sunday Times*
In the last decade of Elizabeth I’s reign, Nick Revill, an aspiring young actor, arrives in London seeking fame and fortune, quickly landing a role with the Chamberlain’s Men.
When an unfortunate accident leaves him without a home, Nick finds lodging at a grand Thameside mansion. His host, a somber young man, shares a tale of his father’s recent death and his mother’s hasty …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472133540 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472133544 |
| Series: | Nick Revill |
| Author: | Philip Gooden |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
The witty narrative, laced with puns and word play so popular in the period, makes this an enjoyable racy tale. - Sunday Telegraph.
Another clever criminal plunge into history. - GuardianHighly entertaining - Sunday TimesAbout The Author
Philip Gooden
Philip Gooden is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford. He writes books about language as well as historical crime novels. The former include Who’s Whose? A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily-Confused Words, The Story of English, and (as co-author) Idiomantics and The Word at War. He has been nominated for a CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award.
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