Long Spoon Lane: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel: 24 - Brossura

Perry, Anne

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ISBN 10: 0345523725 ISBN 13: 9780345523723

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2011

Riassunto

After bombs explode during an anarchist attack in Long Spoon Lane, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot . . . but by whom? As Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch delves into the case, he finds that there’s more to the terrorism than the brutality of misguided idealists. Clues suggest that Inspector Wetron is the mastermind. As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to stir up fears of more attacks and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. To defeat Wetron, Pitt must run in harness with his old enemy, Sir Charles Voisey. The unlikely allies are joined by Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, and her great aunt, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. As they strive to prevent future destruction, nothing less than the fate of the British Empire hangs in precarious balance.

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Recensione:

“Elegant . . . The clear parallels [Perry] draws to current political issues are persuasive—and chilling.”—The New York Times Book Review

“[Anne] Perry has once again delivered the tasty concoction her readers have come to expect . . . and presents us with moral and political puzzles that are all too close to our own.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Long Spoon Lane is one of [Perry’s] best.”—The Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer.”
 
“[Readers] will appreciate the cleverly orchestrated political machinations as much as the personal agendas.”—Booklist
 
“Engrossing . . . a convincing historical backdrop with echoes of modern-day fears.”—Publishers Weekly

L'autore:

Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Death on Blackheath and Midnight at Marble Arch, and the William Monk novels, including Blood on the Water and Blind Justice. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as twelve holiday novels, most recently A New York Christmas, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Los Angeles and Scotland.

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0345523725
• ISBN 13: 9780345523723
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336