{"product_id":"9781915023117-belle-nash-the-bath-circus","title":"Belle Nash and the Bath Circus","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn hilarious caper through Regency Bath - wherein justice and bigotry collide with a bump\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn hilarious caper through Regency Bath - wherein justice and bigotry collide with a bump\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from \u003cem\u003eBelle Nash and the Bath Soufflé\u003c\/em\u003e, this second adventure in \u003cem\u003eThe Gay Street Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e sees our hero return to Bath overcome by love and confusion, only to learn how great is the suffering of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of his last adventure, Belle was banished for four years to the island of Grenada. It is now 1835, and he is back in the city he grew up in and adores, but misses the love he left behind in the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis heartache leads to personal mishaps when he meets Pablo Fanque, the Black equestrian acrobat from Norfolk who longs to set up his own circus. As a well-loved figure in Bath, Belle uses his influence to try and help, but has to run the gauntlet of Lord Servitude, the most hated man in England and a die-hard supporter of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs ever, William Keeling's whimsical tale brings Belle, his gay hero, into a situation where comedy does not obscure stark moral issues of prejudice and bigotry that are as alive today as they were in Regency times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40927870681185,"sku":"9781915023117","price":13.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35455311_e5a075b1-5add-4ee6-9fd1-9efb2fcbebe5.jpg?v=1753310451","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915023117-belle-nash-the-bath-circus","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}