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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Unity est une jeune femme brillante, féministe et convaincue par les thèses darwiniennes toutes récentes. Quand elle se tue en tombant dans un escalier, les soupçons se portent sur l’austère pasteur chez qui elle travaille. Une enquête de Thomas et Charlotte Pitt qui a l’intérêt de renouer avec un personnage du début de la série et, surtout, de présenter des questionnements scientifiques et théologiques de l’époque victorienne, mais perd le lecteur par trop de lenteurs dans son déroulement. It's been a long time since I had read an Anne Perry book. Not sure why except that there are so many other books I also want to read. Anyway, my friend gave me a box of books that included this Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel. Good to read more about this delightful couple in mid-19th century England. The characters are the best part of this novel which unfortunately drags in spots due to all of the characters' eternal, internal going over and over the possibility of others having committed the murder and/or the affair that apparently led to the murder. Thomas' investigation goes on slowly, but the interesting part of it is that the prime suspect in the murder is his former brother-in-law, a man Charlotte had been infatuated with until he married her sister. The sister died many years earlier and Dominic disappeared afterward until suddenly appearing as a minister in the house of his Church of England mentor where the murder takes place. Thomas still has ulterior motives in seeking evidence that Dominic is the killer. The twists at the end of the story took me by surprise; I had things sort of backwards and I suspected the wrong person. Reading Anne Perry again was great fun, even through the lengthy musings, because the characters were so unique. I think I'll have to throw out my copy of this paperback because it's falling apart, but that tells me I'm only the latest of many readers to enjoy this book. I recommend it to historical mystery fans. Hace un siglo, la revolucionaria teoría de la evolución de Darwin sacudió los cimientos del mundo civilizado, y la escandalizada Iglesia anglicana le declaró la guerra...En una mansión de Brunswick Gardens, un elegante paseo londinense, se produce un enconado enfrentamiento cuando el reverendo Parmenter es desafiado intelectualmente por su bella y atrevida ayudante, Unity Bellwood, una «nueva mujer» cuyo feminismo y agresivo darwinismo desconciertan y horrorizan al reverendo. Cuando poco después Unity, embarazada de tres meses, muere al caer por una escalera, el comisario Pitt intuye que uno de los tres devotos hombres que viven en la casa ha cometido el asesinato. ¿Habrá sido el propio reverendo Parmenter?, ¿o acaso su atractivo coadjutor, un ex mujeriego redimido?, ¿o su hijo que, por rebeldía, se ha convertido al catolicismo? Desde las altas esferas se exige que el escandaloso asunto se esclarezca de inmediato y del modo más discreto, pero Pitt y su sagaz esposa, Charlotte, sólo se conformarán con la verdad... y la justicia. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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In London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling. When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down the staircase to her death, Superintendent Thomas Pitt is as certain as he can be that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter? His handsome curate? Or his son, a fervent Roman Catholic? Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth--or less than justice. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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En una mansión de Brunswick Gardens, un elegante paseo londinense, se produce un enconado enfrentamiento cuando el reverendo Parmenter es desafiado intelectualmente por su bella y atrevida ayudante, Unity Bellwood, una «nueva mujer» cuyo feminismo y agresivo darwinismo desconciertan y horrorizan al reverendo. Cuando poco después Unity, embarazada de tres meses, muere al caer por una escalera, el comisario Pitt intuye que uno de los tres devotos hombres que viven en la casa ha cometido el asesinato. ¿Habrá sido el propio reverendo Parmenter?, ¿o acaso su atractivo coadjutor, un ex mujeriego redimido?, ¿o su hijo que, por rebeldía, se ha convertido al catolicismo? Desde las altas esferas se exige que el escandaloso asunto se esclarezca de inmediato y del modo más discreto, pero Pitt y su sagaz esposa, Charlotte, sólo se conformarán con la verdad... y la justicia.