{"product_id":"bedlam-the-case-of-lord-simon-paperback","title":"Bedlam: The Case of Lord Simon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. M. Cannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA disgraced noble. A caregiver raised on maps and margins. Tudor London, where mercy can cost your life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1554. Queen Mary I sits on the throne, religious loyalties are shifting once again, and a careless word can carry consequences far beyond the speaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLord Simon Stanley, troubled son of the Duke of Hampshire, has fallen farther than his title can protect him. Drink, grief, and reckless choices have brought him to Bethlem Hospital-known throughout London as Bedlam-where he must confront the wreckage of his past and decide whether he is capable of becoming someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinnie Wryght has troubles of her own. The daughter of a prosperous cartographer and ship merchant, she has inherited her father's eye for patterns, routes, and hidden dangers-but little of his authority. Her first loyalty is to her brilliant, unpredictable brother, Astrolabe, whose future depends upon decisions Winnie has limited power to control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Simon and Winnie's paths cross inside Bedlam, neither expects the other to matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet as their unlikely bond deepens, both are drawn into a London divided by faith, rank, secrecy, and the demands of the Crown. Simon wrestles with guilt, sobriety, and the memory of a sister lost to religious violence. Winnie must navigate a world in which a woman's independence can be as precarious as a ship without a compass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the chapels, markets, river wards, and courtly shadows of Tudor London, their choices begin to redraw more than their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrical, atmospheric, and character-driven, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Case of Lord Simon\u003c\/strong\u003e is Book One of the \u003cstrong\u003eBedlam Series\u003c\/strong\u003e, a work of Renaissance historical fiction about redemption, conscience, family, and the dangerous cost of compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67847007043891,"sku":"9798993709833","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/93_ccd8wLi9798993709833.webp?v=1793482227","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/bedlam-the-case-of-lord-simon-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}