Sweet poison
It is August 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting one of his influential parties, bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his guests is General Sir Alistair Craig VC, who swallows poison in the duke's excellent port and dies just as latecomer Lord Edward Corinth and journalist Verity Browne arrive on the scene. The unlikely pair - the younger son of a duke and a journalist committed to the Communist Party find common ground as they seek for the…
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- Full title :Sweet poison / David Roberts.
Summary
It is August 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting one of his influential parties, bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his guests is General Sir Alistair Craig VC, who swallows poison in the duke's excellent port and dies just as latecomer Lord Edward Corinth and journalist Verity Browne arrive on the scene. The unlikely pair - the younger son of a duke and a journalist committed to the Communist Party find common ground as they seek for the truth behind the genera's murder and discover that everyone present - including the duke himself - h.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Constable & Robinson
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
Notes
"A murder mystery introducing Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne"--Cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781780334240, 1780334249
- oclc:ocn783799527
- LC Classification:PR6118.O233
- Dewey Decimal:823/.92
Table of Contents
Cover; Author biography; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Epigraph page; Contents; Prologue; 1 Saturday Afternoon; 2 Saturday Evening; 3 Saturday Night; 4 Sunday and Monday Morning; 5 Monday Afternoon and Evening; 6 Tuesday Evening; 7 Saturday; 8 Verity's Monday; 9 Edward's Monday; 10 Monday Evening; 11 Tuesday; 12 Wednesday; 13 Wednesday Evening; 14 Wednesday Evening; 15 Thursday Morning; 16 Thursday Afternoon; 17 Thursday Evening and Friday; 18 Friday Evening and Saturday; 19 Saturday and After; 20 Endings.
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