When the grave of the legendary King Arthur is discovered in the West Country, Nick Madrid and trusty companion Bridget Frost can't resist going in search of Camelot themselves. But instead they find rival heritage marketing men willing to go to any lengths to make money from the discovery. When Nick does some digging of his own, he soon discovers a number of murder victims. Cue Camelot Casinos, Avalon themeparks, medieval Excaliburgers and a guy on a white horse riding out of the mist. The Nick Madrid series returns with a bang in this hilarious new instalment.
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When the grave of the legendary King Arthur is discovered in the West Country, Nick Madrid and his trusty companion, Bridget Frost, the Bitch of the Broadsheets, can't resist going in search of Camelot themselves. But instead of chivalrous knights they find rival heritage industry marketing men willing to go to any lengths to make money from the discovery, Cue Camelot casinos, Avalon theme parks, medieval Excaliburger banquet and a frenzy of feuding archaeologists as the South West's tourism and heritage industry go loopy for Lancelot and co. Whe Nick does some digging of his own, it's not relics he finds but murder victims. Is there a Camelot-Crazy serial killer on the loose? And what about King Arthur himself, who promised to return if his country needed him? If the bones in the West Country grave are his, who's that bloke on the white horse riding out of the mists of time ..." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
When the grave of the legendary King Arthur is discovered in the West Country, Nick Madrid and his trusty companion, Bridget Frost, the Bitch of the Broadsheets, can't resist going in search of Camelot themselves. But instead of chivalrous knights they find rival heritage industry marketing men willing to go to any lengths to make money from the discovery, Cue Camelot casinos, Avalon theme parks, medieval Excaliburger banquet and a frenzy of feuding archaeologists as the South West's tourism and heritage industry go loopy for Lancelot and co. Whe Nick does some digging of his own, it's not relics he finds but murder victims. Is there a Camelot-Crazy serial killer on the loose? And what about King Arthur himself, who promised to return if his country needed him? If the bones in the West Country grave are his, who's that bloke on the white horse riding out of the mists of time ..." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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One reason I've become hooked on this series is that I'm a freelance journalist like its protagnist, Nick Madrid, and the fun of the job is learning new things about wildly different topics. Of all the books, this one probably conveys that the best because as it has Nick roped in to an Arthurian marketing project, the novel has every excuse to tease us with interesting facts without sounding as if the writer's just got an encyclopedia next to him. I liked the wry cynicism of Nick Madrid, too, because it is always tied to some failing of his that makes him tremendously likeable as well as quite smart. And Bridget deserves a spin-off TV series.
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This is the first Peter Guttridge book I've read and it certainly won't be the last. Superb main characters, fast-paced plot and some well-observed one liners. Loved the unusual mix of crime and comedy. An excellent read.
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... Like another of his books I thought this would not be my scene. How wrong I was. I'm writing this before even finishing the book. I thought "Oh Arthur etc...potentially boring." But Guttridge is anything but boring and brings a topic to light. (At least 100 watts and forget the environmentally friendly and economical light bulbs here - we're talking instant illumination.)
The book engages you with knowledge and enables you to differentiate between the historical "real" and the "fiction" brought on to aid commercialism, from the present or as far back as...well I'll leave you to read the book.
There are references to Caerleon and the Welsh. Yippee. They are open, sympathetic, realistic and funny. A bit more would have opened another broad market, after all the Welsh do not like commercialism which is what this book pokes fun at.
Arthur and Excalibur could have been one of two dogs badly named in a dogs' home. Here they are something investigate and know about, a financier's wet dream, when a stately home needs a bit of "refurbishment" and the owners need money at someone else's investment risk.
Nick & Bridget have fun in country in a moment or two of well-to-do garb, in bed with others and in conversation with one another. Bridget puts up with dead bodies whilst Nick has a theory (serial killer at that). Nick hankers after old love (emotionally); new squeeze (physically) and Bridget (unrequitedly, as ususal).
It's a big laugh. Commercialism meets real history.
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