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Author: Nigel Pickford
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.267kg
ISBN: 9781399614962
ISBN 10: 1399614967
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 03 August 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Money, power, ambition, political and royal conspiracy, a young heiress in distress, a fortune-hunter shot down in the street: you couldn't make it up. You don't have to. The story of 14-year-old Lady Bette Percy, married off by her grandmother to Thomas Thynn, a middled-aged rake, for control of her Northumberland estates, is the stuff of Gothic romance or Restoration blood and thunder drama. -- Iain Finlayson * THE TIMES * Pickford has unearthed a fascinating early example of the modern murder. * THE INDEPENDENT * ..this meticulously researched story of a scandalous marriage and sensational murder is engrossingly told. * CHOICE MAGAZINE * Pickford's narrative conjures up scenes straight from a Gainsborough melodrama - murder, mystique and wealth set to the backdrop of the sleazy world of London's taverns and brothels, to the grandeur of Syon and Petworth's vast estates. The prose is vivid and atmospheric, where a trip to the gallows was the height of entertainment. As they say, truth is stranger than fiction. -- Lyndsy Spence * THE MITFORD SOCIETY * Pickford has marshalled an extraordinary historical cast and provides an exciting and truly well-informed whodunit. -- Alexandra Henton * THE FIELD * Money, power, ambition, political and royal conspiracy, a young heiress in distress, a fortune-hunter shot down in the street: you couldn't make it up. You don't have to. The story of 14-year-old Lady Bette Percy, married off by her grandmother to Thomas Thynn, a middled-aged rake, for control of her Northumberland estates, is the stuff of Gothic romance or Restoration blood and thunder drama. -- Iain Finlayson * THE TIMES * Pickford has unearthed a fascinating early example of the modern murder. * THE INDEPENDENT * ..this meticulously researched story of a scandalous marriage and sensational murder is engrossingly told. * CHOICE MAGAZINE * Pickford's narrative conjures up scenes straight from a Gainsborough melodrama - murder, mystique and wealth set to the backdrop of the sleazy world of London's taverns and brothels, to the grandeur of Syon and Petworth's vast estates. The prose is vivid and atmospheric, where a trip to the gallows was the height of entertainment. As they say, truth is stranger than fiction. -- Lyndsy Spence * THE MITFORD SOCIETY * Pickford has marshalled an extraordinary historical cast and provides an exciting and truly well-informed whodunit. -- Alexandra Henton * THE FIELD *
Author Information
Nigel Pickford read English at Cambridge University, and is a professional maritime historian who has made documentaries for Channel 4 and published books with Dorling Kindersley and National Geographic.
