Bohemia in the Eighteenth Century. At Dawn, Two Nightingales is rumoured to be the most dangerous poem in the world, its haunted verses said to be invested with mysterious, supernatural powers. Now a ragbag bunch of bandits, criminals, censors and brigands are all hunting for it in an uproarious adventure that is part quest, part comic opera, and part unexpected ghost story. 

A richly comic and darkly disturbing story of unrequited love, fantastical adventure and the quest for a mysterious poem, masterfully delivered in gloriously luscious prose – Carole Haily

Bilton’s work is a Bohemian romp, an amuse-bouche which keeps on giving – Julian Stannard