The Conscience of the King - first UK edition
by Martin Stephen - signed
It is 1612. Robert Cecil, Chief Secretary to King James I, is dying. Henry
Gresham is asked by Cecil's protégé, Chief Justice Sir Edward Coke, to trace a
precious hand-written play manuscript that has gone missing, presumed stolen by
a Cambridge bookseller. Gresham has no cause to realize that he is being used as
live bait to draw out a murderous madman who is determined to destroy James I, a
madman who was supposed to have died twenty years before, or that he is set to
unravel the truth behind the authorship of one of the greatest plays the world
has ever seen...
Book has blue boards with the title in silver on the spine. Ornamented end
papers. Signed by the author on the title page.
Jacket is fine, price intact at £16.99, protected.