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The firebird's feather

Title
The firebird's feather / Marjorie Eccles.
Author
Eccles, Marjorie
Publication
Sutton : Severn House, 2014.

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Book/TextUse in library PR6055.C33 F57 2014Off-site

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Description
219 pages; 23 cm
Summary
London, May, 1911. The new king, George V, is preparing for his coronation. The suffragettes are campaigning for women to get the vote. The East End seethes with unrest. And 18-year-old Kitty Challoner is looking forward to 'coming out' in London society. But Kitty's secure, sheltered world is about to be torn apart. Lydia Challoner is shot dead while out riding in Hyde Park, and during the ensuing murder investigation Kitty discovers that there was so much she didn't know about her mother. Was Lydia really the killer's intended target? Is there a link to her Russian heritage? Why had she been behaving so strangely in recent weeks? Was she having an affair? As Kitty determines to uncover the truth and wonders exactly who she can trust, she learns that the household in which she lives harbours a number of dangerous secrets.
Subject
  • 1904-1936
  • Murder > Investigation > Fiction
  • Aristocracy (Social class) > Fiction
  • Family secrets > Fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Meurtre > Enquêtes > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Secrets de famille > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Aristocracy (Social class)
  • Family secrets
  • Murder > Investigation
  • Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936 > Fiction
  • Russia > History > 1904-1914 > Fiction
  • Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1910-1936 (George V) > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Russie > Histoire > 1904-1914 > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Great Britain
  • Russia
Genre/Form
  • Detective and mystery stories.
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
  • History
  • Fiction.
  • Mystery fiction.
Note
  • A late-Edwardian mystery--from cover page.
Contents
"A late-Edwardian mystery" -- from cover. -London, May, 1911. The new king, George V, is preparing for his coronation. The suffragettes are campaigning for women to get the vote. The East End seethes with unrest. And 18-year-old Kitty Challoner is looking forward to 'coming out' in London society. But Kitty's secure, sheltered world is about to be torn apart. Lydia Challoner is shot dead while out riding in Hyde Park, and during the ensuing murder investigation Kitty discovers that there was so much she didn't know about her mother. Was Lydia really the killer's intended target? Is there a link to her Russian heritage? Why had she been behaving so strangely in recent weeks? Was she having an affair? As Kitty determines to uncover the truth and wonders exactly who she can trust, she learns that the household in which she lives harbours a number of dangerous secrets.
ISBN
  • 9780727884268
  • 0727884263
OCLC
  • ocn881020087
  • 881020087
  • SCSB-14073521
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library