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Sto caricando le informazioni... Death of a Chancellordi David Dickinson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Lots of information about the Anglican Church hierarchy slows the pace of this good entry in this series. Johnny Fitzgerald would work just as well as a sidekick without having a bottle in his hand. The fictional cathedral and Anglican/Catholic conflict that provides the location and raison d'etre for this plot are essential but somewhat over detailed. Starts off well with suitably sinister murderous plotting but this early promise vanishes quickly (not much happens in the middle third of the book) and ends with a ludicrous premise. Some of the writing, particularly the dialogue, is stilted - do husbands and wives call each other by their first name in every sentence they utter to each other? They do here. Sounds trivial but once you notice it quickly begins to grate. As far as I can tell the cathedral around which most of the novel is set is fictional. This seems like a missed opportunity when there are so many fabulous actual cathedrals in England that could be as the basis for a novel - Ely anyone? Salisbury? Canterbury? I can only imagine that the author chose the fictional setting to avoid offending anyone; perhaps this relates to the overly religious tones present in many of the works in this series? Oh, and if you think you've worked out 'who-did-it' early on, you're probably right... The worst in the series so far with an incomprehensible muddled plot and a frankly ridiculous ending. These Lord Powerscourt books are generally uneven but in past books the dull sections have been eclipsed by all the whimsy, charm and adventure that Powerscourt and co generate. Everything seems subdued here, even Johnny Fitzgerald. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A case of murder in the cathedral Compton Minster is preparing to celebrate a very special anniversary in the year 1901 - a thousand years of Christian worship. But a few weeks before the main ceremonies, a high official of the cathedral, the chancellor, dies in mysterious circumstances, and no on except the doctor and the undertaker is allowed to view the corpse. It then transpires that the chancellor was one of England's richest men. When his sister suspects foul play, Lord Francis Powerscourt is asked to investigate. As Powerscourt paces the ancient cloisters and listens to evensong from the choir stalls, he begins to suspect that a terrible secret lies hidden in the cathedral, one that may have someting to do with the anniversary. Then a chorister is strangles, his body found turning on the great spit in the Vicars Hall kitchen. Powerscourt himself escpaes death by a whisker, as does his wife, Lady Lucy, before he uncovers the astonishing secret of Compton Minster and unmasks a murderer. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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And then there's the cartoonishly outlandish Catholic machinations. What twaddle. ( )