Nick Drake

Handels Messiah is the worlds most popular choral work. But its story begins in the unlikely setting of a room above a pub in Chester, when the great composer, detained by bad weather on his way to a season of concerts in Dublin, invites some local choristers to rehearse excerpts. It is not a success. So begins Handels struggle to stage the premiere of his masterpiece, confronted by seemingly insurmountable challenges, including the tricky librettist Charles Jennens, the actress Susannah Cibber who he trains to sing the most moving arias, and the mysterious Crazy Crow. Nick Drakes divine, musical play premiered at Shakespeares Globe in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, in June 2015. All the Angels was revived at same theatre in December 2016.

It's Egypt, 1320 BC. The future of Egypt lies in the hands of chief detective Rahotep when he undertakes a clandestine mission across enemy empires and rogue states to deliver a top-secret letter, written by the Queen to her arch-enemy, the King of the Hittites. It is a mission from which Rahotep may not return. But he also has a wildly personal motive; to seek out a depraved murderer at the heart of a mysterious and brutal new opium cartel that has emerged within the criminal underworld of Thebes. His quest brings Rahotep face to face with his own dark demons, which he must conquer if he is to return home in time to save Egypt's greatest dynasty and his own family from the terror that threatens them all...

For Rahotep, chief detective, life is about to get very complicated. On the shadowy city streets the cryptically mutilated bodies of several young people are discovered. These brutal acts are destabilizing a ruthless regime already made precarious by corruption, dissent, the strain of distant wars, and the appalling divide between rich and poor. Meanwhile, Tutankhamun has inherited an empire that should be at the height of power and glory. But the King, just eighteen, faces the political conspiracies of the Court, and a bitter struggle for ascendancy. And when his own security is threatened by an intruder in the palace, he needs an outsider he can trust to track down the traitor. Already perplexed by the ongoing murder investigation, Rahotep receives a mysterious invitation to the labyrinthine halls of the Royal Palace. But what he discovers at the dark heart of power will put his life, and his family, in grave danger...

Bajo el reinado de Akenatón y Nefertiti, la civilización egipcia vive uno de sus más esplendorosos períodos. Los faraones han logrado imponer un único culto al dios Sol, ganándose los odios de los antiguos sacerdotes. Cuando Nefertiti desaparece misteriosamente, Akenaton confia su busqueda a un detective tebano con la condicion de que, si no la encuentra en diez dias, el y su familia seran ejecutados. La clave del caso puede estar en el Reino de los Muertos...

Hace más de tres mil años, una reina egipcia escribía a su mayor enemigo, el rey de los hititas: «Tengo miedo». Y luego le hacía un ofrecimiento que podía cambiar el curso de la historia.Tebas, 1320

Pasadizos oscuros, s#mbolos amenazantes, venenos letales, cr#menes cruentos... Los peores augurios se ciernen sobre el joven fara#n Tutankham#n. Un asesino sanguinario amenaza la vida del soberano egipcio y esta depende ahora de la pericia de Rahotep, el investigador del reino. Egipto, a#o 1.324 a.C. Un joven inv#lido, con un parecido asombroso al joven fara#n Tutankham#n, ha sido asesinado de forma atroz y han hallado su cuerpo maltratado dispuesto seg#n el s#mbolo egipcio de la muerte. A su vez, una joven prostituta, vestida con las ricas prendas que suelen adornar el cuerpo de la esposa del fara#n, ha sido sometida a extra#os y mort#feros rituales. Ambas v#ctimas tienen todos los huesos fracturados. Sea quien sea el despiadado asesino es alguien dotado de una refinada crueldad que pretende atemorizar a los j#venes faraones. Rahotep, el investigador del reino, es el encargado de esclarecer el caso. Sabe que el criminal pertenece a la nobleza, que domina t#cnicas de cirug#a y que conoce el poder de las sustancias alucin#genas. Rahetep no descansar# en su intento de poner a salvo la vida del fara#n y el futuro de Egipto. Una emocionante investigaci#n criminal con la que Nick Drake recorre los escab

Egipto s. XIV a.C., Nefertiti, la reina más carismática de la antigüedad ha desaparecido... ¿Podrá el investigador Rahotep encontrarla antes de que el país se suma en el caos?En el siglo XIV a.C., d

Pasadizos oscuros, símbolos amenazantes, venenos letales, crímenes cruentos... Los peores augurios se ciernen sobre el joven faraón Tutankhamón.Un asesino sanguinario amenaza la vida del soberano egipcio y esta depende ahora de la pericia de Rahotep, el investigador del reino.Egipto, año 1.324 a.C. Un joven invalido, con un parecido asombroso al joven faraon Tutankhamon, ha sido asesinado de forma atroz y han hallado su cuerpo maltratado dispuesto segun el simbolo egipcio de la muerte. A su vez, una joven prostituta, vestida con las ricas prendas que suelen adornar el cuerpo de la esposa del faraon, ha sido sometida a extraños y mortiferos rituales.Ambas victimas tienen todos los huesos fracturados.Sea quien sea el despiadado asesino es alguien dotado de una refinada crueldad que pretende atemorizar a los jovenes faraones. Rahotep, el investigador del reino, es el encargado de esclarecer el caso. Sabe que el criminal pertenece a la nobleza, que domina tecnicas de cirugia y que conoce el poder de las sustancias alucinogenas. Rahetep no descansara en su intento de poner a salvo la vida del faraon y el futuro de Egipto.Una emocionante investigacion criminal con la que Nick Drake recorre los escabrosos recodos de la mitica Corte del faraon Tutankhamon y nos abre las puertas a un universo lleno de intrigas, oscuridad y terror.La critica ha dicho...Nick Drake nos regala la verdadera imagen de una civilizacion perdida y logra dar vida a Tutankhamon, el fascinante niño rey de destino maldito.Daily MailLa oscuridad de la noche y la luz deslumbrante del desierto, efectos inquietantes en la absorbente prosa del autor.Daily Express

An official celebration of Nick Drake''s life and music.The authorised companion to the music of Nick Drake, compiled, composed and edited by Cally Callomon and Gabrielle Drake, with contributions from Nick''s friends, critics, adherents, family and from Nick Drake himself.Remembered For A While is not a biography. It is, rather, an attempt to cast a few shards of light on Nick Drake the poet, the musician, the singer, the friend, son and brother, who was also more than all of these. We hope it will accompany all those in search of an elusive artist, whose haunting presence defies analysis.The book contains:* In-depth interviews with many of Nick''s friends, most notably Paul Wheeler, Nick''s close friend from Cambridge days, a singer-songwriter who, of all Nick''s friends, perhaps best understood, from personal experience, Nick''s journey through musical creation to despair and back again.* A selection of photos from all eras - some never seen before - with reproductions of documents such as the scrapbook Molly Drake kept of her son''s press cuttings, and the original and rejected album covers.* Images of Nick''s handwritten and typed lyrics, including the lyrics of some songs for which the music has never been found.* Newly commissioned pieces by Nick''s friends Jeremy Harmer, Brian Wells, Robin Frederick and the poet Will Stone. Contributions also from the sleeve designer Michael Trevithick, Island Records''s Ann Sullivan and the photographer and artist Nigel Waymouth.*Extracts from Nick''s letters - part of an extensive correspondence that exists between Nick and his parents, which charts their relationship from the time he first went to boarding school until the time he came home, when his depression had settled upon him and he felt he had nowhere else to go. From this point, Nick''s life was documented by his father, Rodney Drake, who kept a detailed diary, as he and his wife Molly struggled to understand their son''s state of mind and how to help him. Passages from this poignant record are included.* A short musical guide to each song''s key and tuning to accompany the lyrics, together with an explanatory interpretation of Nick''s guitar performance, the result of several years close study by singer-songwriter Chris Healey.* A comprehensive guide to all of Nick''s live performances.* And a lengthy essay by noted music critic Pete Paphides, which includes interviews with Nick''s musical collaborators and friends - his producer Joe Boyd, his recording engineer John Wood and his orchestrator, the late Robert Kirby - as well as descriptions of the recording process of each album.