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Sto caricando le informazioni... To Die Like a Gentlemandi Bernard Bastable
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"In 1842, the young Queen Victoria is on the throne, and the landed gentry is in its prime. At Elmstead Court, Sir Richard Hudson rules his household with a subtle tyranny." "Despite simmering tensions, Miss Frances Weyland is impressed by the warmth of her welcome when she arrives to take up her position as governess to the Hudson daughters. Only one person unsettles her: Sir Richard's manservant, Joseph, who seems to wield a sinister influence at Elmstead Court." "In her innocence, Frances does not suspect the complex plots being hatched around her. But the situation is sliding rapidly toward murder as hidden passions and rivalries threaten to crack the surface of this seemingly proper Victorian household." "Told with secret diaries and confessional letters, To Die Like a Gentleman is a completely original historical whodunit, with all the wit and intelligence that countless readers have come to expect from the work of Robert Barnard."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Sir Richard Hudson, son of a self-made man, seems like a perfect Victorian gentleman with his country estate, his lovely wife and four children. Widely respected by his peers as a fair and liberal man, Hudson is in fact a domestic tyrant dominating his family with subtle, and not so subtle torments.
The story is told in a combination of narration, letters, and diary entries from multiple points of view. The family and various members of the household struggle for their futures and control over their own lives and those of others.
The murder precipitates a crisis. The resolution, given briefly in an epilogue, is sudden and startling. ( )