{"product_id":"pale-mistress-9780008803766","title":"Pale Mistress : Lover. Courtesan. Survivor.","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, all, cry shame against me, yet I’ll speak…”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCyprus, 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\u003eThe slain? History knows their names: Emilia, Desdemona, Othello.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR PALE MISTRESS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A bold and beautiful triumph. In prose as rich as Cyprus wine and as sharp as a Venetian blade, Naomi Kelsey gives voice to the silenced and reshapes tragedy through a woman's eyes. Lyrical, haunting, and breathtakingly tense, this is historical fiction at its most electrifying.’ SETH INSUA, author of Human, Animal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Once again, Naomi Kelsey bestows us with a thrilling and infuriating story of love, lies and betrayal. An utterly convincing addition to Shakespeare's Othello.' ELLE MACHRAY, author of Havisham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Naomi Kelsey continues to cement her position as one of the most accomplished and empathetic writers of historical fiction.' LAURA SHEPPERSON, author of The Heroines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Naomi Kelsey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThriller \/ suspense, Myth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 Jul 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naomi Kelsey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320100921722,"sku":"9780008803766","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008803766.jpg?v=1790642919","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/pl\/products\/pale-mistress-9780008803766","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}