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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Parl. members killed starved herself to death for women's right to vote! — Be heard — very embarrassing to husband! Tom. Pitt + wife + Emily The gentleman tied to the lamppost on Westminster Bridge is most elegantly attired --- fresh boutonniere, silk hat, white evening scarf --- and he is quite, quite dead, as a result of his thoroughly cut throat. Why should anyone kill Sir Lockwood Hamilton, that kindest of family men and most conscientious member of Parliament? Before Inspector Thomas Pitt can even speculate on the reasons, a colleague of Sir Lockwood's meets the same fate in the same spot. En quelques jours, trois membres du Parlement britannique sont retrouvés morts, engorgés et attachés par leur écharpe sur le pont de Westminster. Meurtres passionnels, vengeances politiques ou œuvres d'un malade mental ? Les soupçons se portent rapidement sur le mouvement féministe naissant, qui se bat pour l'obtention du suffrage féminin et l'égalité des droits. Avec ses références historiques et sociales très documentées, mais jamais pédantes, cette nouvelle plongée dans l'univers victorien est sans doute une des meilleures de la série des enquêtes de Charlotte et William Pitt que j'aie lues. Like most Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books, this was a bit long--though not as long as many of them. A nice weaving of human rights (which is what it boils down to), the end of the Victorian Age, religious freedom, freedom of conscience, and the treatment of the insane. Blessings on all the stalwart women who went before: both those who fought for our rights and those who endured stalwartly the repression of their spirits. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
When Members of Parliament are murdered crossing Westminster Bridge, Thomas and Charlotte Pit must sift through the many suspects to find the killer-before he strikes again In the few minutes it takes to cross Westminster Bridge, Sir Lockwood Hamilton has his throat slit and is tied securely to the lamppost with his evening scarf. The killer then vanishes without being seen. Inspector Thomas Pitt thinks the motive might have been personal . . . or political. When a second Member of Parliament is murdered in the same way, politics appear to be the reason. Soon the suspect list includes anarchists and suffragettes. Public outrage mounts and fear grips London and Parliament after a third lamppost murder. Deep in his end of the investigation, Pitt must rely on his wife, Charlotte, and Great-aunt Vespasia to explore the drawing rooms of the upper class for clues to the mystery. With burning social issues swirling around them, the three of them must solve the case before another MP falls victim to the Westminster cutthroat. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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