Long Spoon Lane (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt)
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455807796 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 218 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
To defeat Wetron, Pitt finds that he must run in harness with his old enemy, Sir Charles Voisey, and the unlikely allies are joined by Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, and her great aunt, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. Can they prevail? As they strive to prevent future destruction, nothing less than the fate of the British Empire hangs in precarious balance.. As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to whip up fears of more attacks - and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. Bombs explode, destroying the homes of many poo
Kinkeeper said One of the best of the Pitt novels. I have read many of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt novels; I would put this one up amongst the best, along with the one about Lisson Grove.. This is great historical reference to the times of the English police The continuing story of Pitt & Charlotte are moving into the end of the 1890's. The anarchist movement is now a threat to the police and Special Branch. This is great historical reference to the times of the English police system and how it grows to be accepted & respected.. Good summer read Political intrique and murder in a very typical victorian setting. I always enjoy Anne Peter's handling of a plot intricate and interesting. Long Spoon Lane is a worthy read.
From Publishers Weekly Carnage comes early in Perry's engrossing Victorian historical, the follow-up to Seven Dials (2003), when Special Branch investigator Thomas Pitt is summoned in the middle of the night to the aftermath of a bombing, the work of unknown anarchists intent on wreaking havoc in London in revenge for high-level police corruption. The chase leads to the group's lair in an abandoned building along grimy Long Spoon Lane, where the body of Magnus Landsborough, son of a well-connected lord, raises disturbing questions about both the young man's association with the underground cell and police procedures to combat terrorists. Perry manages to paint a convincing historical backdrop with echo