Name: Rizzio: A Novella
SKU: 53841354
Price: 409.00 ZAR
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Author: Denise Mina
ISBN: 9781643138459

Type

Physical Book

Author

Denise Mina

Publisher

Pegasus Crime

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

118

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.1x14.5x1.8 cm

Weight

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9781643138459

Synopsis "Rizzio: A Novella "

From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the darkest episodes in Scottish history--the bloody assassination of David Rizzo private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the queen's chambers in Holyrood Palace. On the evening of March 9th, 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered. Dragged from the chamber of the heavily pregnant Mary, Rizzio was stabbed fifty six times by a party of assassins. This breathtakingly tense novella dramatises the events that led up to that night, telling the infamous story as it has never been told before. A dark tale of sex, secrets and lies, Rizzio looks at a shocking historical murder through a modern lens--and explores the lengths that men and women will go to in their search for love and power. Rizzio is nothing less than a provocative and thrilling new literary masterpiece.

Denise Mina

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Denise Mina, born in 1966 in East Kilbride, Scotland, is a distinguished writer of crime novels, playwright, and comic book scriptwriter. Her work falls within the genre of crime fiction, with a particular focus on the subgenre known as "Tartan Noir". Among her most recognized works is the Garnethill trilogy, consisting of "Garnethill" (1998), "Exile" (2000), and "Resolution" (2001). Another notable series features Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, including titles such as "The Field of Blood" (2005) and "The Dead Hour" (2006).

Mina has also created the Alex Morrow series, introduced in "Still Midnight" (2009), followed by "The End of the Wasp Season" (2010) and "Gods and Beasts" (2012). Her novel "The Long Drop" (2017) received the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year and the Gordon Burn Prize. Additionally, she has ventured into the comic world, writing for the "Hellblazer" series and adapting Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy into graphic novel format. Denise Mina has been awarded prizes such as the John Creasey Dagger in 1998 for "Garnethill" and the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2012 for "The End of the Wasp Season".

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