Jack, Knave and Fool - Couverture rigide

Alexander, Bruce

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0786217987 ISBN 13 : 9780786217984

Editeur : Thorndike Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Sir John Fielding and his assistant, Jeremy Proctor, investigate the unexpected death of a lord at a concert and the discovery of a disembodied head on the banks of the Thames

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this fifth Sir John Fielding mystery, the legendary eighteenth-century London judge takes on his most difficult case to date. John Fielding was famous not only as cofounder of London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners, but also as a magistrate of keen intellect, fairness and uncommon detective ability. What made this all the more remarkable was that he was blind. Now the blind magistrate and his young assistant and ward, Jeremy Proctor, face a baffling pair of deaths. A lord dies suddenly while attending a concert. A disembodied head washes up on the banks of the Thames. While investigating both, Sir John and Jeremy learn more than they ever cared to about family, greed, deception, and the peculiar nature of homicide, high and low.

"This is a wonderful series . . . In addition to giving us a marvelous parade of Georgian-era high and low characters in the London of Johnson and Boswell, it is packed with history and lore, and it's altogether much fun."—Washington Post Book World

Biographie de l'auteur

Bruce Alexander is the pseudonym for a well-known author of fiction and nonfiction. The books in his series include Blind Justice; Murder in Grub Street (named by the New York Times Book Review as a notable book in 1995); Watery Grave; Person or Persons Unknown (named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the best novels of 1997); Jack, Knave and Fool; and Death of a Colonial.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thorndike Pr
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786217987
• ISBN 13: 9780786217984
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 629
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible