A Distinction of Blood - Couverture rigide

March, Hannah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0747222029 ISBN 13 : 9780747222026

Editeur : Headline Book Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

When Robert's employer asks him to investigate his daughters marriage to Lord Matlock, Robert uncovers evidence of gambling debts, love affairs and intrigue. When Lord Matlock is found dead in his bed Robert needs some answers.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'There are several suspects, which gives March the opportunity to show different levels of society and, through her excellent dialogue, she is particularly successful in displaying the attitudes and mores of the period' Sunday Telegraph

There are several suspects, which gives March the opportunity to show different levels of society and, through her excellent dialogue, she is particularly successful in displaying the attitudes and mores of the period (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY:
'Exuberant' The Times

THE COMPLAINT OF THE DOVE:
'THE COMPLAINT OF THE DOVE has more than a charismatic protagonist. March has created a felicitously realised Georgian mystery, and setting a detective novel in the age of Moll Flanders is a masterstroke... THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY is equally as exuberant' The Times
'A clever and accomplished first novel...witty and convincing; for fans of period dramas such as Moll Flanders and Tom Jones, this will slip down like a cup of sherbet.' Scotland on Sunday;
'A gloriously rich tale of London at its grandest and seamiest, well told, at a cracking pace.' Newcastle upon Tyne Evening Chronicle;
'Written well with a great deal of self-assurance. I liked the period detail and the characterisation of the large cast of suspects' Deryn Lake, Shots

Présentation de l'éditeur

Engaged as tutor to the children of wealthy and ambitious sugar merchant, Mr Samuel Appleton, Robert Fairfax soon finds that his employer has other work of a more delicate nature for him to do. Appleton's beautiful daughter, Charlotte, has made a very good marriage to the notoriously rakish and thoroughly aristocratic Lord Mortlock - yet all is not well with the match previously backed so keenly by Appleton. Urged to investigate discreetly, Fairfax finds evidence of gambling debts, love affairs - and intrigue. When Lord Mortlock is found murdered in his bed, Fairfax urgently needs to find the answers to all his questions.

In the harsh glitter of eighteenth-century society - with its duels, scandals and fortunes lost on the turn of a card - Fairfax must find the truth behind the elegant facade of lies. And in the great masquerade of life, unmask an evil killer...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headline Book Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747222029
• ISBN 13: 9780747222026
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible