{"product_id":"9780008803766","title":"Pale Mistress : Lover. Courtesan. Survivor.","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Naomi Kelsey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThriller \/ suspense\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 July 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperNorth) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e240 x 159 | 580g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, all, cry shame against me, yet I’ll speak…”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Cyprus, 16th century. Murder, lies and vengeance has left lovers dead, promises broken and no one to trust. Only one woman survives, Bianca.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The slain? History knows their names: Emilia, Desdemona, Othello.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But why do we not know Bianca? Who was the pale mistress? Liar or lied to? Instigator or victim? In telling one woman’s story, Naomi Kelsey dazzlingly recasts a Shakespearean tragedy as a psychological thriller of jealousy and gaslighting, ambition and envy, and the making and breaking of one of Shakespeare’s most notorious villains, Iago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57295296397687,"sku":"9780008803766","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008803766.jpg?v=1783702256","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780008803766","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}