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Spring 1742 – Dublin
David Garrick arrives at the Smock Alley Theatre for the summer season –
George Frederick Handel is in town for a momentous performance of his greatest work – and a body is found floating in the River Liffey…

Is the dead man a victim of personal tragedy – or a pawn in a greater political game?

From the bright-lit theatre to the night-shrouded Dead House – from Dublin’s broad new highways to its stinking slums – Will Archer discovers a city awash with sudden violence and divided loyalties where no-one is quite who they seem.