[book_talk] book review - Anne Perry
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- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:07:38 -0800
_Dorchester Terrace_
by Anne Perry
Lady Vespasia Cummings-Gould heard the news of the declining health of
Stefamia Monserrat with sorrow. She was somewhat younger than
Stefania, but both had been active in the various revolutions
throughout Europe early in the eighteen hundreds, and they'd been
allies of sorts at the time. Stefania was now bed-bound, both her keen
mind and her once vibrant body deteriorating. And Stefania was fearful
that in the periods of mental wandering to which she was now subject
she might give utterance to secrets that could lead to unrest and
betrayal even now, as the twentieth century approached.
When Stefania was found dead one morning, and apparently due to someone
forcing an extra-strong dose of laudanum upon her, it appeared that her
forebodings on the power of old secrets to endanger people and possibly
the current fragile peace of Europe were well founded. But can
Vespasia's great nephew by marriage, Thomas Pitt, manage to foil an
assassination attempt on Prince Alois of Austria as he comes to Britain
to visit his relatives in the British Royal House, a plot that appears
to have ties to the secrets once held by Stefania Monserrat? For
Thomas Pitt is now head of the British Special Branch, having succeeded
Victor Narraway in that office. And, in a remarkable reversal of
roles. Narraway is investigating the murder of Stefania and then the
apparent suicide of Stefania's protege, Adriana Blantyre. What is
Adriana's place in this, and how are Evan Blantyre and Lord Tregarron
of the Foreign Service involved in the feared plot to unsettle the
ruins of the Holy Roman Empire?
Definitely a good read by a usually excellent author. I love the way
she captures the essence of Britain in the latter days of Victoria's
rule, and the humanity of her characters.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very
wise cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
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