The fiery star of the company of players called Lord Westfield's Men, Laurence Firethorn, is hot for a lady, wife of the Lord Mayor elect. A tryst at London's Nine Giants Inn is arranged. Meanwhile, the lugubrious landlord of the actors' home base is laid even lower by a plot to take over ownership of the inn. A young apprentice actor is subjected to a horrible assault and a waterman pulls a mangled corpse from the Thames.
The drama comes to a climax at the annual Lord Mayor's show as his barge moves grandly down the river....
- ISBN10 0749010282
- ISBN13 9780749010287
- Publish Date 28 January 2013 (first published 1 January 1991)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 September 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Allison & Busby
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English