This is my first book by David Fairer and I simply had to buy the first one to acqaint myself with the characters. I am glad I did, the widow Trotter and the various characters we meet in her Coffee house are a treat. This second instalment of the series does not disappoint. He brings the city of London in the Queen Anne period to rich life and I am very glad to review this book. You will greatly enjoy this adventure, well done Mr Fairer. Many thanks to Netgalley, the publishers and author for an ARC of The Devils Cathedral

A bit slow to start with however, once I got going this book really bought the theatre world of 18th c. London to life.
A fascinating read with a mixture of real life and fictional characters.
Recommended for anyone with an interest in historical fiction or the arts.

3 5 raised to 4

Publication date 8 October 2021

It's 1708 and as the sun sets on the tail-end of Queen Anne's reign, turmoil hits a London theater company and its various ongoing stage projects when matters of moral, religion and spiritual ethos, egregious political shenanigans and artistic freedoms noisily collide on the day murder invites itself in its midst leaving total mayhem in its wake.....

A rollicking and fascinating tale cleverly plotted and teeming with a large cast of colorful characters, a story chock-full of life, novel ideas and lots of delicious verbal pyrotechnics that brilliantly offers us a gorgeous tapestry of a society on the brink of greatness as it
prepares itself to boldly break away from the overbearing puritanical tenets left by the tumultuous 17th century and firmly sets its sights on the much more rewarding era of Enlightenment barreling down its way.

A marvellous fictional voyage that deserves to be enjoyed without any moderation whatsoever!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Matador for this terrific ARC

I fancied a change of reading, so went for this title and proved to be a nice detour..
Interesting characters, making it a good read and an author to look out for again.

Brings the theatre to life with its entertaining and colourful characters in this tale of Queen Anne's time. I enjoyed the book, and thank you netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book.