{"product_id":"the-pale-companion","title":"The Pale Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Highly entertaining' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidsummer 1601.\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Revill and his fellow actors in the Chamberlain's Men are journeying across the Wiltshire Downs for a country-house presentation of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt should be a pleasant well-paid jaunt to celebrate a noble marriage but when the actors arrive at their destination Instede House they enter a tense atmosphere. Lord Elcombe is pushing his older son into a marriage that the son seems set against while in the nearby woods a wild man called Robin talks in riddles of long-hidden family secrets. In another quarter of the great estate lodges a travelling band of fire-and-brimstone morality players called the Paradise Brothers. The first death when it occurs looks like suicide but Nick isn't so sure . . . Then a second murder happens right under his nose . . . and turns the \u003ci\u003eDream\u003c\/i\u003e into a nightmare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third Shakespearean murder mystery in the Nick Revill series set \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eduring the reign of the formidable Elizabeth I.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Philip Gooden:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Another clever criminal plunge into history' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The witty narrative laced with puns and word play so popular in this period makes this an enjoyable racy tale'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book has much in common with the film Shakespeare in Love - full of colourful characters . . . but the book has an underlying darkness' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrime Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Historical mystery fans are in for a treat' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791144644787,"sku":"9781472133588","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478115359781472133588.jpg?v=1762852500","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-pale-companion","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}