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*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 citys 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
- Illustratör: maps
- Format: Pocket/Paperback
- ISBN: 9780007213535
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 512
- Utgivningsdatum: 2013-07-18
- Förlag: HarperCollins