The Clerkenwell affair
Gregory, Susanna, 1958-2020
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In the spring of 1666 everyone's first reaction to a sudden death at the palace of White Hall is that the plague has struck, but the killing of Thomas Chiffinch was by design, not disease. Chiffinch was holder of two influential posts - Keeper of the Closet and Keeper of the Jewels - and rival courtiers have made no secret of their wish to succeed to those offices. To Thomas Chaloner, ordered to undertake the investigation, such avarice gives a whole host of suspects an ample motive for murder. The same courtiers are at the heart of the royal entourage endorsing the King's licentious and ribald way of life, and Chaloner has some sympathy with the atmosphere of outrage and disgust at such behaviour. London's citizens, already irked by the wealthy fleeing to the country at the outbreak of the plague, have scant patience with the Court on its return.
Main title:
The Clerkenwell affair / Susanna Gregory.
Author:
Gregory, Susanna, 1958-, author
Imprint:
London : Sphere, 2020.
Collation:
456 pages ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"The fourteenth Thomas Chaloner adventure"--Dust jacket.
ISBN:
9780751562736 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTIONCRI CRI
Language:
English
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BRN:
965361
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