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The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate

Af: Adam Roberts Engelsk Paperback

The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate

Af: Adam Roberts Engelsk Paperback
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A gothic tale of murder and corruption set in 1840s Victorian London, taking inspiration from our most famous 19th century writers.

History, Politics and class collide in this suspenseful crime novel, following the death of a railway baron and the impact it has on the suffocated community.

Railway Baron, Sir Martin Malprelate of the 1840s, has been laying waste to the warren of Camden; buying up houses and clearing streets for his new railway line linking King’s Cross with the prosperous town of Middlemarch. He stands to make his fortune ever more vast and to earn the loathing of all who attempt to stand up to him.

Little wonder, then, that he meets a violent end on a foggy street after walking out of a particularly bitter meeting with outraged residents facing eviction. But the cause of his death causes more wonder. How could he have possibly fallen beneath the wells of a speeding spectral train running on tracks not yet even built?

Sir Martin’s death is investigated by the police, but the company employ one of its senior engineers, Mr Bryde, to pursue his own investigation. Bryde uncovers a network of resentment and conspiracy, agitating workers, scheming shareholders, corrupt politicians and a gallery of varied and grotesque characters – all of whom had some stake in the old man’s death.

Lacing it’s realism with both social commentary and the gothic imaginations of the time The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate is a vivid recreation of a London stalked by poverty and haunted by visions of demons and ghosts; a world of slums, lavish wealth and opium dens.
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A gothic tale of murder and corruption set in 1840s Victorian London, taking inspiration from our most famous 19th century writers.

History, Politics and class collide in this suspenseful crime novel, following the death of a railway baron and the impact it has on the suffocated community.

Railway Baron, Sir Martin Malprelate of the 1840s, has been laying waste to the warren of Camden; buying up houses and clearing streets for his new railway line linking King’s Cross with the prosperous town of Middlemarch. He stands to make his fortune ever more vast and to earn the loathing of all who attempt to stand up to him.

Little wonder, then, that he meets a violent end on a foggy street after walking out of a particularly bitter meeting with outraged residents facing eviction. But the cause of his death causes more wonder. How could he have possibly fallen beneath the wells of a speeding spectral train running on tracks not yet even built?

Sir Martin’s death is investigated by the police, but the company employ one of its senior engineers, Mr Bryde, to pursue his own investigation. Bryde uncovers a network of resentment and conspiracy, agitating workers, scheming shareholders, corrupt politicians and a gallery of varied and grotesque characters – all of whom had some stake in the old man’s death.

Lacing it’s realism with both social commentary and the gothic imaginations of the time The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate is a vivid recreation of a London stalked by poverty and haunted by visions of demons and ghosts; a world of slums, lavish wealth and opium dens.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 312
ISBN-13: 9781915523020
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1915523028
Kategori: Historiske krimier
Udg. Dato: 14 nov 2023
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 216mm
Højde: 136mm
Forlag: Watkins Media Limited
Oplagsdato: 14 nov 2023
Forfatter(e): Adam Roberts
Forfatter(e) Adam Roberts

Kategori Historiske krimier

ISBN-13 9781915523020

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 312

Udgave

Længde 32mm

Bredde 216mm

Højde 136mm

Udg. Dato 14 nov 2023

Oplagsdato 14 nov 2023

Forlag Watkins Media Limited

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