Antonia Fraser: Three Great Novels: Quiet As A Nun, Tartan Tragedy, A Splash Of Red - Brossura

Fraser, Lady Antonia

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ISBN 10: 0752872907 ISBN 13: 9780752872902

Casa editrice: Orion, 2005

Riassunto

QUIET AS A NUN
When a murder takes place in a secluded tower at Blessed Eleanor's Convent in Sussex, the victim turns out to be an old school friend of Britain's most popular TV reporter, Jemima Shore. The convent nuns call on Jemima for help.

TARTAN TRAGEDY (first published as THE WILD ISLAND)
When Jemima Shore takes a welcome break from the stresses of television reporting, all she wants from her remote Scottish island is peace and isolation. But she arrives to find her friend Charles is dead and that a bitter and bloody feud rages in the community.

A SPLASH OF RED
London is in the grip of a summer heat wave. Jemima Shore is looking forward to some peaceful research time in the British Library, while she stays in her friend Chloe's flat. When Chloe suddenly disappears and a shocking murder is discovered, Jemima finds herself reluctantly involved¿

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Descrizione del libro:

Orion is delighted to present the first three of Antonia Fraser's gripping Jemima Shore mystery stories in one handsome volume

L'autore:

Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works, including the biographies MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (a 40th anniversary edition was published in May 2009), CROMWELL: OUR CHIEF OF MEN, KING CHARLES II and THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised books which focus on women in history, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMEN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), THE WARRIOR QUEENS: BOADICEA'S CHARIOT, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and most recently LOVE AND LOUIS XIV: THE WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN KING. She was awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. Antonia Fraser was made DBE in 2011 for her services to literature. Her most recent book is MUST YOU GO?, celebrating her life with Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve 2008. She lives in London.

Visit Antonia Fraser's website at www.antoniafraser.com

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• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0752872907
• ISBN 13: 9780752872902
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 496