Andrew Taylor

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Nevada

*WINNER of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award 2013*

'Andrew Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular' Daily Telegraph

From the No.1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a new historical thriller set during the American War of Independence.

August, 1778. British-controlled Manhattan is a melting pot of soldiers, traitors and refugees, surrounded by rebel forces as the American War of Independence rages on.



Into this simmering tension sails Edward Savill, a London clerk tasked with assessing the claims of loyalists who have lost out during the war.



Savill lodges with the ageing Judge Wintour, his ailing wife, and their enigmatic daughter-in-law Arabella. However, as Savill soon learns, what the Wintours have lost in wealth, they have gained in secrets.



The murder of a gentleman in the slums pulls Savill into the city's underbelly. But when life is so cheap, why does one death matter? Because making a nation is a lucrative business, and some people cannot afford to miss out, whatever the price...

Category - Fiction / Mystery & Detective

Format - Paperback

Condition - Excellent

Listed - 2 years ago

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Ships From - Nevada

Est. Publication Date - Jul 2013

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