{"product_id":"the-foot-on-the-crown","title":"The Foot on the Crown - SIGNED BOOKPLATE","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary final novel from the unmistakable, mischievous imagination of the creator of Bryant \u0026amp; May.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is said a legend is just a beautiful lie... \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the second half of the first millennium, the legends say that London disappeared for over four hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe know almost nothing about what happened during that time. But if we could shine a light on the city's ruined walls, we would be in for a shock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Romans are long forgotten. It is now King Scarabold who rules what little remains of the city, together with his over-entitled daughter Giniva, her effete brother Leperdandy and their wayward, lunatic relatives - all squabbling and fighting amongst themselves for the future of their corrupted dynasty while trying to hide their most terrible secret. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd ranged against Scarabold is a horde of bitter enemies from both without and within his dysfunctional household - the eerie Sheathwing, Lord Carapace Earl of Beetles, the warlike nuns of Étranges Cadeaux, a primate called M'Lin, Orobus the serpent, the terrifying Mater Moribund and the sinister child-spies Spackle and Peut - united in their desire to bring king's troubled reign to a bloody end. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the arrival of a mysterious outsider into the midst of the beleaguered Scarabold's snake-pit of a court that seems to offer a semblance of hope. The stranger's name is Watborn and he is a birdcatcher - strong, silent, he will infiltrate the royal family for a purpose that is all of his own . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs fiendishly-armed warriors gather beneath the walls, the battle for London, its body and its soul as much as its bricks and mortar, is about to begin - and who will be left unscathed at the field's end?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54970875904373,"sku":"BF6-E8D-21E","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/9d5dd45a-6da7-4dee-8202-9056d0bd00c7.jpg?v=1738590377","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/the-foot-on-the-crown","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}