An Honorable Murder

The Strand Magazine's Online Shop

Your source for the best mystery related products

» Audio Books

» Back Issues

» Books

» Calendars

» Coffee Mugs

» Desk Set Items & Other Gifts

» Gift Certificates

» Hercule Poirot Audio Books

» Lord Peter Wimsey Audio Books

» Magazine Subscriptions

» Nero Wolfe Audio Books

» Original Artwork

» Posters

» Renew Subscriptions

» Sherlock Holmes Audio Books

» T-Shirts and Sweat Shirts

» Videos

» 0 - 24.99

» 25 - 49.99

» 50 - 99.99

» Over $100

Home > Books > Historical Mysteries > More Historical Mysteries

An Honorable Murder

Price

Your Price:

$25.00

Quantity

Description

It is the summer of 1604, many years after the defeat of the Armada, and the Spanish are in London to negotiate a peace treaty. Nick Revill's theater company- newly promoted to the King's Men now that James I is on the throne-are given a ceremonial role at the celebrations. But not everybody welcomes this outbreak of peace. Sir Walter Raleigh, imprisoned in the Tower of London, is far from inactive-he has many friends on the outside who may try to sabotage the negotiations. Nick, meanwhile, has been invited by Shakespeare's rival, Ben Jonson, to take part in a masque at Somerset House, where the Spanish are lodged. He soon finds himself unwillingly caught up in a conspiracy. During a rehearsal, the courtier Sir Philip Blake dies an apparently accidental death when he tumbles from a chair in which he is being lowered to the stage. But this is only the first of a series of suspicious deaths, and Nick must look hard at those around him: the robust Ben Jonson, once imprisoned for killing a fellow player; the embi

Feature: Gooden, Philip

Feature: 2006

Best Sellers
1	The Strand Magazine, One Year Subscription
2	Two Year subscription Renewal
3	The Strand Magazine, Two Year Subscription
4	The Strand Magazine, One Year gift subscription
5	One Year Renewal