The Crimson Cavalier
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- 49,00 kr
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- 49,00 kr
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Regency London: a hotbed of robbers, ruffians and imposters… A girl might as well put her faith in a highwayman! Georgiana Grey is a sore trial to her upright brother Edward: independent, outspoken and determined to follow her own path regardless of the cost to her social position and reputation. But the early 18th century is a dangerous time. Sir Robert Foster, a prominent but unpopular citizen, is murdered close to her home, apparently by the Crimson Cavalier, a colourful and infamous highwayman. Georgiana has her own reasons to be certain the Cavalier is not to blame, and to Edward’s chagrin, sets out to track down the real culprit.Help comes from unlikely sources: Emily, her energetic, sometimes disapproving but always loyal maid; Tom the cunning urchin, whose greatest ambition is to become a highwayman himself; and the deceptively observant Max Lakesby, guardian of one of the Cavalier’s recent victims. Georgiana discovers plenty of people with good reason to wish Sir Robert dead, but her quest for the truth is obstructed on all sides. As the net closes on the Crimson Cavalier, her own life could be at stake.
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Miss Georgiana Grey is not quite the proper gentlewoman everyone thinks she is in Clarke's enchanting debut set in late 18th-century London. When a ruthless magistrate is found murdered, all signs point to the local highwayman, the Crimson Cavalier, as the culprit, but Georgiana knows differently and vows to discover the truth. The growing list of suspects includes her own brother, who's officially involved in investigating the crime, and the keenly astute Max Lakesby, guardian of a young woman whose mother was trying to arrange her daughter's marriage to the victim. By delving into the lives of the rich and the titled, Georgiana puts her own life in jeopardy. Clarke captures the flavor of the period and the hypocrisies of the socially prominent with flare while treating the less fortunate with sympathy. Readers will be eager for the next installment in the series.
