Lord Mayor/Midnight Mayor
Posted on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 in: Writing
Oh yes… did I mention the sequel to A Madness of Angels?
So, for many, many hundreds of years there has been an individual in London called the Lord Mayor. In Magna Carta it was set down that the Lord Mayor of London could prevent the king entering within the city walls which at the time defined the city. He was the chief authority in the city, a leader during disasters, a powerful figure within the guilds, wealthy and for a long time, the nearest thing London had to any sort of definable legal authority. In recent centuries his power has declined, and now the Lord Mayor is chiefly regarded for the firework display put on in his honour every November, and for his excellent ability at shaking hands. Certain symbols of the past remain; chains of office, a particularly shiny coach, big red robes and a lot of dead rabbit. Around the Corporation of London, the oldest part of the city, you can also see practically everywhere you look, the old symbol of the city; a dragon holding a shield, bearing the red cross of St. George in its middle, and in the top left hand corner, a red sword.
Needless to say, if the Lord Mayor developed over the years to maintain law and order during daylight hours, in charge of the ordinary ticking over of the city, there would be left a vacancy for a more mystical counterpart, whose remit begins when the sun goes down…
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See, all this teasing is going to force me to splurge on importing the UK version in October instead of waiting patiently for the US version in March. Silly international publishing gaps.
Adrian HillierAugust 4, 2009
Is there going to be a hardcover version? I’ve just managed to get hold of a hardcover copy of “…Angels”, to my delight, so my paperback will be gifted to a friend. Amazon are only showing paperback at the moment. Can’t wait…
Adrian HillierAugust 4, 2009
OK, so perhaps putting ‘hardback’ into the Google search would have brought up the fact that the hardback gets published in the US in March 2010. What! It used to be the case hardcovers were published first. Who changed the rules without telling me? Oh well, I’ll just buy the paperback first then donate it.
This is so exciting. I cannot wait for the new book. It took me ages to read Madness BECAUSE I didn’t want to read it too soon after it being published because I didn’t want to wait for the second one…does that even make sense?
*rubs hands*
AdrianHSeptember 2, 2009
Hey Kate, is there any chance you might be doing signings for Midnight Mayor?
I’ve got my hardback of ‘A Madness…’ I’d like signed along with Midnight…
Looking forward to getting it and seeing where the story goes.
August 4, 2009