The Fair Maid of Bohemia: A Nicholas Bracewell Mystery
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 229 pp. The ninth in this highly praised series of historical mysteries set in Elizabethan England and featuring the acting company Lord Westfield's Men and its book holder and sleuth Nicholas Bracewell. In this entry, with a plague terrorizing London, the troupe must make a harrowing trip abroad. In his usual fashion, lead actor Lawrence Firethorne falls in lust with a visiting Bohemian princess who has attended one of the company's plays. After her return home, the troupe receives an invitation to travel to her country and perform; forced to leave London anyway, they undertake the arduous journey. Needless to say, murder rears its head and Nick himself is threatened by a mysterious assassin. Fine / fine. Item #E34128
ISBN: 0312156065
Price: $17.50