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17%OFFSusanna Gregory - The Chelsea Strangler: The Eleventh Thomas Chaloner Adventure - 9780751552829 - V9780751552829
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The Chelsea Strangler: The Eleventh Thomas Chaloner Adventure

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Description for The Chelsea Strangler: The Eleventh Thomas Chaloner Adventure Paperback. Thomas Chaloner investigates murder as the Plague breaks out over London Series: Adventures of Thomas Chaloner. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 278 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
In the sapping summer heat of 1665 there is little celebration in London of the naval victory at the Battle of Lowestoft. The King, his retinue and anyone with sufficient means has fled the plague-ridden city, its half-deserted streets echoing to the sound of bells tolling the mounting number of deaths. Those who remain clutch doubtful potions to ward off the relentless disease and dart nervously past shuttered buildings, watchful for the thieves who risk their lives to plunder what has been left behind. At Chelsea, a rural backwater by the river, with fine mansions leased to ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Adventures of Thomas Chaloner
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751552829
SKU
V9780751552829
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Susanna Gregory
Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology. She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures ... Read more

Reviews for The Chelsea Strangler: The Eleventh Thomas Chaloner Adventure
Gregory's Restoration London is vividly portrayed, and I was immersed in it. Yet, while skilfully done, it never overwhelms her very real and relatable characters, whether they are fictional or real historical figures. I thoroughly enjoyed it as a standalone novel, and found it a pacy and engrossing historical mystery. And, as with the best mysteries, I didn't guess the ... Read more

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