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A Rich Full Death
by Dibdin, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 022402387X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224023870
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 022402387x . 204 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in black paper-covered boards. Minor wear to the corners. Thin remainder line on the bottom of the text block. Bottom edge of the lower board is moisture stained and the moisture has resulted in the entire text block being rippled along the bottom edge. Dustjacket has wear to the spine ends and some rubbing. Flaps have some moisture staining. Not price clipped. The second crime novel by British writer Michael Dibdin. .
Synopsis
Florence,1855. "The English are dying too much," the city's police chief observes. And members of the foreign community in this quaint Italian backwater, both English and American, are indeed dying at an alarming rate and in an extraordinary variety of ingenious and horrible ways. With the local authorities out of their depth, the distinguished resident Robert Browning launches his own private investigation, aided and abetted by an expatriot Robert Booth. Unfortunately, their amateur sleuthing is hampered by the fact that each of their suspects becomes the next victim in a series of murders orchestrated by a killer with a taste for poetic justice. A Rich Full Death features characters both historical and imaginary, ranging from an enticing servant girl to Mr. Browning's consumptive, world-famous wife, Elizabeth Barrett, in a tale lush with period detail, intricately plotted, and with a truly astonishing final twist.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1543
- Title
- A Rich Full Death
- Author
- Dibdin, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 022402387X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224023870
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 022402387x
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
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