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Traitor's Purse
Margery Allingham
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Description for Traitor's Purse
Paperback. Celebrated detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her `a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Celebrated detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancee, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces together while the very fate of England ... Read more
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her `a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Celebrated detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancee, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces together while the very fate of England ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099492832
SKU
V9780099492832
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About Margery Allingham
Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. She sold her first story at age 8 and published her first novel before turning 20. She married the artist, journalist and editor Philip Youngman Carter in 1927. In 1928 Allingham published her first detective story, The White Cottage Mystery, and the following year, in The Crime at Black Dudley, she introduced ... Read more
Reviews for Traitor's Purse
Allingham is the best of mystery writers
New Yorker
Always of the elect, Margery Allingham now towers above them
Observer
Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction
Independent
Allingham was a contemporary of Agatha Christie but her work is thought by ... Read more
New Yorker
Always of the elect, Margery Allingham now towers above them
Observer
Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction
Independent
Allingham was a contemporary of Agatha Christie but her work is thought by ... Read more