The Amorous Nightingale

by Edward Marston

Book Overview

Noted beauty and singer Harriet Gow has earned a position envied by every available women of the Restoration period: she is the King's favorite mistress. After seeing her perform, Christopher Redmayne is also captivated and the impression Harriet made is still lingering in his mind when he is summoned urgently by Charles II. Harriet has been kidnapped, and Redmayne, with the help of his friend Jonathan Bale - a Puritan constable - is engaged to resolve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749008032
• ISBN13: 9780749008031
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Second Book in the Series

Edward Marston is the pseudonym of Keith Miles, a fairly prolific and extremely good writer of mainly Elizabethan and medieval mysteries. He has also written mysteries under his own name with both sporting and golf backgrounds. However it is primarily the books that take place earlier in history that I am interested in. He read modern history at Oxford and has had many jobs, including university lecturer, but fortunately for all his readers, he turned to the writing profession. After reading one of the author's books, I avidly sought out all the other books by Edward Marston and not a single one has ever disappointed me. They are about a period of history that I love. His Elizabethan theatre series of books were wonderful and he has continued them through from 1988 to 2006. The Domesday series is also a great series and this series of books featuring Christopher Redmayne is equally as good. Harriet Gow is an accomplished and well loved singer and a beauty of some renown. But more than that she has the eye of King Charles II and is his favourite mistress. After seeing her perform, the architect, Christopher Redmayne is also captivated, along with most of the men of Restoration London. Imagine Redmayne's surprise when he summoned to the palace by the king. Harriet has been kidnapped and Christopher with the help of his friend, Jonathan Bale, a Puritan constable is asked to do his best to solve this delicate mystery. Christopher soon finds that Harriet's life is entwined in avarice and jealousy. The two men begin to question whether Harriet Gow is the victim, or maybe the guilty party and then a brutal murder provides the answer . . .

2nd Restoration Mystery by Marston

From the back cover: Acclaimed beauty and singer Harriet Gow has earned a position envied by every woman of the Restoration period: she is the King's favorite mistress. After seeing her perform, Christopher Redmayne is also capitvated and, with the impression Harriet made still lingering in his mind, he is summoned urgently by Charles II. Harriet has been kidnapped, and Redmayne, with the help of his friend Jonathan Bale -- a Puritan constable -- is engaged to resolve this delicate affair. The facade of elegance and gentility soon begins to crumble in the face of their investigations. Harriet is, indeed, an amorous nightingale; the fabric of her life entangled in jealousy, avarice and lust. Just as Redmayne and Bale start to question whether she is really the victim or the guilty party a brutal murder provides the answer...