Southampton Row - (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt) by Anne Perry (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published: New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER <p/>In Victorian England, a divisive election is fast approaching. Passions are so enflamed that Thomas Pitt, shrewd mainstay of the London police, has been ordered not to solve a crime but to prevent a national disaster. The aristocratic Tory candidate--and Pitt's archenemy--is Charles Voisey. The Liberal candidate is Aubrey Serracold, whose wife's dalliance with spiritualism threatens his chances. Indeed, she is one of the participants in a late-night séance that becomes the swan song of a stylish clairvoyant who is found brutally murdered the next morning in her house on Southampton Row. Meanwhile, Pitt's wife, Charlotte, and their children are enjoying a country vacation--unaware that they, too, are deeply endangered by the same fanatical forces hovering over the steadfast Pitt.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Compelling . . . vintage Perry: a grand, sweeping mystery."--<i>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</i> <p/>"Fast moving and utterly engrossing . . . Perry's Victorian novels attain the societal sweep of Trollope or Thackeray; she has absolute command over both political history and the small fascinating details of everyday life."--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review) <p/>"A mystery--a very good one . . . Status, rights, love, and duty are hallmarks of Perry's narratives. Here, they are brought into finer focus, allowing their inherent drama to carry the story forward."--Minneapolis<i> Star Tribune</i> <p/>"Perry skillfully explores the gap between the Victorians' love of knowledge and their deepening suspicion that their way of life cannot continue."--<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/> "Delicious political treachery . . . [Perry's] grasp of the economic and social forces of the period is masterly."--<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Anne Perry</b> is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including <i>Death on Blackheath</i> and <i>Midnight at Marble Arch, </i>and<i> </i>the William Monk novels, including <i>Blood on the Water </i>and <i>Blind Justice</i>. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as twelve holiday novels, most recently <i>A New York Christmas, </i> and a historical novel, <i>The Sheen on the Silk, </i> set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Los Angeles and Scotland.
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