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      The Nine Giants

      by Edward Marston
      Published
      Sep 1991
      Main Genre
      Historical Mystery Hist. Mystery
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      225
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      Series
      An Elizabethan Theater Mystery Book 4

      About This Book

      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....

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      Book 4
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      Historical Mystery

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      Oct 1993 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449221280 ISBN10 0449221288
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      Oct 2007 Poisoned Pen Press ISBN13 9781890208684 ISBN10 189020868X
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      Jan 2013 Allison & Busby (UK) ISBN13 9780749010287 ISBN10 0749010282
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      First Edition Sep 1991 St. Martin's ISBN13 9780312064266 ISBN10 0312064268
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      Feb 2013 Allison & Busby, Limited ISBN13 9780749012960 ISBN10 074901296X
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      Nov 2013 Soundings ISBN10 B00FY3F8XM
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      Oct 2014 ReadHowYouWant ISBN13 9781459687530 ISBN10 1459687531
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