The Body in the Thames
定價：490 元
NT $ 490
- 作者：Gregory，Susanna
- 出版社：Little Brown Uk
- 出版日期：2012-04-01
- 語言：英文
- ISBN10：0751541834
- ISBN13：9780751541830
- 裝訂：平裝 / 13.3 x 20.3 x 3.2 cm / 普通級
London swelters in a heatwave in the summer of 1664, and in the corridors of power the temperature is equally high as an outbreak of war with the Dutch threatens to become a reality,
in the sixth Chaloner mystery
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In the dilapidated surroundings of the Savoy hospital, a delegation from the Netherlands is gathered in a last ditch attempt to secure peace between the two nations. Thomas Chaloner,
active in Holland during Cromwell's time, is horrified at the violent aggression shown to the Dutch by ordinary Londoners, but is more worried by the dismissive attitude with which they
are greeted by the King's ministers and officials?he has experienced the futilities of war at first hand and has no wish to witness another. When the body of his former brother-in-law is
found in the Thames, and Chaloner discovers the dead man has left enigmatic clues to a motivation for his murder. Was he involved in a plot to steal the crown jewels, or did he fall foul
of one of the many people in London who are determined that the peace talks will fail?
