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Death and the Jubilee
David Dickinson
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Description for Death and the Jubilee
Paperback. It is 1897 and the London is preparing for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. But a corpse is with no head or hands is dragged out of the Thames. The police ask for the discreet assistance of Lord Francis Powerscourt. His investigation leads him to a mysterious mansion in Oxfordshire, a second corpse killed in a fire. Series: Lord Francis Powerscourt. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Find a murderer - and save the Queen's Jubilee!
It is 1897 and the London is preparing for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. But a corpse is with no head or hands is dragged out of the Thames. The dead man was old and proserously dressed, but there are no other clues to his identity and the police ask for the discreet assistance of Lord Francis Powerscourt.
His investigation leads him to a mysterious mansion in Oxfordshire, with classical temples in the gardens and in the house, a second corpse killed in a fire. On the track of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Lord Francis Powerscourt
Condition
New
Weight
356g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845296131
SKU
V9781845296131
Shipping Time
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About David Dickinson
David Dickinson was born in Dublin. With an honours degree in Classics from Cambridge, David Dickinson joined the BBC, where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama, as well as series editor for Monarchy, a three-part programme on the British royal family.
Reviews for Death and the Jubilee
A cracking yarn, beguilingly real from start to finish... you have to pinch yourself to remind you that it is fiction - or is it?
Peter Snow This is detective fiction in the grand style; the characters and the plot soar upwards and carry us in their wake. Powerscourt's debut in this intoxicating book is the start of a ... Read more
Peter Snow This is detective fiction in the grand style; the characters and the plot soar upwards and carry us in their wake. Powerscourt's debut in this intoxicating book is the start of a ... Read more