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A novel about a group of travelling players touring England in 1390 in the years following the Black Death. Tired of presenting the usual mystery plays they decide to re-enact a murder that has recently taken place in the town they are visiting. This has unforeseen consequences as they are forced to confront the real story of death.

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED and inscribed by the author.188 pages; Physical description: 188p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Great Britain - History - 14th century - Catholic Church - Clergy - England - Fiction. Notes: Barry Unsworth's first novel after the Booker Prize winning Sacred Hunger. Summary: A novel about a group of travelling players touring England in 1390 in the years following the Black Death. Tired of presenting the usual mystery plays they decide to re-enact a murder that has recently taken place in the town they are visiting. This has unforeseen consequences as they are forced to confront the real story of death.