Death and the Jubilee

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 prosperously 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 murderer, Powerscourt realizes that both he and his family are in mortal danger - and the outcome could wreck the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

ISBN	1845296133	Published in	London
ISBN13	9781845296131 (What's this?)	Series title	Lord Francis Powerscourt Mystery
Publisher	Constable and Robinson	Previous ISBN	9781841197968
Imprint	Robinson Publishing	Height (mm)	197
Format	Paperback	Width (mm)	130
Publication date	29 Mar 2007	Spine width (mm)	28
Pages	288	Academic level	General
Weight (grammes)	315

"'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 gilded life in the archives of crime.' - James Naughtie * 'In this excellent novel, Dickinson weaves a tale of blackmail and murder among the royals late in Victoria's reign... One hopes to see more of Lord Powerscourt and his friends in the near future.'- Publishers Weekly"

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