{"product_id":"the-masquerade","title":"The Masquerade","description":"\u003cp\u003eOff the coast of Liguria 1713 - accompanied by his valet Thomas Noon and tutor Lucius Jelbourne young aristocrat Lord Stilwell is bound for Genoa and that essential part of an English gentleman's education; the Grand Tour of Italy. Jelbourne has long been wary of Noon: his standing at Dengby Hall his relationship with Stilwell and his intelligence do not tally with his role as a servant. Noon likewise is suspicious of Jelbourne: why does Stilwell's tutor enjoy better hospitality than Stilwell himself? And why when Jelbourne is purchasing Italian pictures supposedly a century old  is the paint still fresh?\u003cbr\u003eThe English who visit eighteenth-century Italy normally consider it only for its past: Jelbourne as Noon is to discover  is different. For there is a new king on the throne of England - a German a protestant - and not all of his subjects are loyal. As the Grand Tour weaves its way to Venice Rome and Naples Noon finds himself drawn into a deadly world of intrigue and double lives: a world where nothing and no-one are as they seem. And though Noon would like to unmask the mysterious Jelbourne his attentions are drawn to the delectable Natalia Silver and the unmistakable lure of love . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MASQUERADE is a sophisticated literary thriller that confirms Nicholas Griffin's growing reputation as one our finest exponents of historical fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791031922867,"sku":"9780349116488","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478097719780349116488.jpg?v=1762850257","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-masquerade","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}