Miranda Carter
Autore di George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
Sull'Autore
Miranda Carter was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Exeter College, Oxford. She worked as a publisher and journalist before beginning research on Anthony Blunt
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Opere di Miranda Carter
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Carter, M. J.
- Data di nascita
- 1965-05-30
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Exeter College)
- Attività lavorative
- publisher
journalist
biographer - Relazioni
- Lanchester, John (husband)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- The Royal Society of Literature Award (2002)
Whitbread Biography Award (2002)
Orwell Prize (2002) - Breve biografia
- Miranda Carter, biographer, was educated at St. Paul's Girls' School and Exeter College, Oxford. She worked as a publisher and journalist before beginning research on her biography of Anthony Blunt in 1994. She lives in London with her husband and two sons. Anthony Blunt: His lives (2001), her first book, won the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Orwell Prize, and was shortlisted for many other prizes, including the Guardian First Book Award and the Whitbread Biography Award. In the US it was chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the seven best books of 2002.
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The Infidel Stain: The Blake and Avery Mystery… di M. J. Carter
Another good entry in the series. Blake wild and mysterious, Avery , finding it increasingly hard to continue in his solid , somewhat upper class persona. Dickensian, with lots of awful things, but most only hinted at. Historical details on chartists and on London in general very good, just a little liberty taken here and there to advance the plot. Historical characters like Mathew add color
Will definitely try the next one. Reminiscent of Kipling. Nice road story with a dashing innocent young hero and an older but wiser one. Had a number of dangerous adventures and a fair plot.
I preferred the India setting in the first book to the wet and gray London we have in this book. India is exotic but London is rather dull. The investigation into the whodunnit seemed less interesting because the India setting gave me more options for villains and red herrings. Moving the characters out of India was a mistake in my mind.
The setting change also affected Blake and Avery's relationship and their ability to resolve clues. While they were in India, Avery needed Blake’s fluency in multiple languages and his extensive knowledge of the cultures. In London, Blake seems to have fewer investigative tools.
This installment of the series was a miss for me and I will not be reading the series any further.… (altro)
The setting change also affected Blake and Avery's relationship and their ability to resolve clues. While they were in India, Avery needed Blake’s fluency in multiple languages and his extensive knowledge of the cultures. In London, Blake seems to have fewer investigative tools.
This installment of the series was a miss for me and I will not be reading the series any further.… (altro)
Rich historical tapestry set during the times of the East India Company. Well researched and has hint of Rudyard Kipling.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 1,866
- Popolarità
- #13,792
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 105
- ISBN
- 63
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 2
