The Resource The Mitford murders, Jessica Fellowes
The Mitford murders, Jessica Fellowes
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- Summary
- Lose yourself in the gripping first novel in a new series of Golden Age murder mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters. It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle.Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nurserymaid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy - an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories.But then a nurse - Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake - is killed on a train in broad daylight, and Louisa and Nancy find themselves entangled in the crimes of a murderer who will do anything to hide their secret . . . Based on a real unsolved crime and written by Jessica Fellowes, author of the number one-bestselling Downton Abbey books, The Mitford Murders is the perfect new obsession for fans of Daisy Goodwin, Jessie Burton and Agatha Christie
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 421 pages
- Isbn
- 9780751567151
- Label
- The Mitford murders
- Title
- The Mitford murders
- Statement of responsibility
- Jessica Fellowes
- Subject
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- Nurses -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- Women household employees -- Fiction
- Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, Duchess of, 1920-2014 -- Fiction
- trueYoung women
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- England | London -- Fiction
- Mitford family -- Fiction
- Murder -- Fiction
- trueSocial classes
- true1920s -- 1920 -- 1929
- Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948 -- Fiction
- Shore, Florence Nightingale -- Death and burial -- Fiction
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueSisters
- trueHousehold employees
- trueMurder investigation
- trueRich families
- Mitford family -- Fiction
- trueAmateur detectives
- Mitford, Pamela, 1907-1994 -- Fiction
- trueUpper class
- Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996 -- Fiction
- Household employees -- Fiction
- Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003 -- Fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
- trueWomen amateur detectives
- Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973 -- Fiction
- trueTeenage girls
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Lose yourself in the gripping first novel in a new series of Golden Age murder mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters. It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle.Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nurserymaid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy - an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories.But then a nurse - Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake - is killed on a train in broad daylight, and Louisa and Nancy find themselves entangled in the crimes of a murderer who will do anything to hide their secret . . . Based on a real unsolved crime and written by Jessica Fellowes, author of the number one-bestselling Downton Abbey books, The Mitford Murders is the perfect new obsession for fans of Daisy Goodwin, Jessie Burton and Agatha Christie
- Summary
- In 1920, Louisa Cannon takes a position with the Mitford family at their manor house in the Oxfordshire countryside, but when a nurse is killed on a train, Louisa and the youngest Mitford daughter, Nancy, become entangled in the murderer's crimes
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- 10613658
- Cataloging source
- QRML
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fellowes, Jessica
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- Series statement
- The Mitford murders
- Series volume
- 1
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- Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish
- Mitford, Nancy
- Mitford, Pamela
- Mosley, Diana
- Mitford, Unity
- Mitford, Jessica
- Shore, Florence Nightingale
- Mitford family
- Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish
- Women household employees
- Nurses
- Murder
- Women household employees
- Nurses
- Household employees
- Murder
- Murder
- Sisters
- Secrecy
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Mitford murders, Jessica Fellowes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000060696090
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 421 pages
- Isbn
- 9780751567151
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986560937
- Label
- The Mitford murders, Jessica Fellowes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000060696090
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 421 pages
- Isbn
- 9780751567151
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986560937
Subject
- true1920s -- 1920 -- 1929
- trueAmateur detectives
- Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, Duchess of, 1920-2014 -- Fiction
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueHistorical mysteries
- trueHousehold employees
- Household employees -- Fiction
- Mitford family -- Fiction
- Mitford family -- Fiction
- Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996 -- Fiction
- Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973 -- Fiction
- Mitford, Pamela, 1907-1994 -- Fiction
- Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948 -- Fiction
- Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003 -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- England | London -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- Nurses -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- trueRich families
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Shore, Florence Nightingale -- Death and burial -- Fiction
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueSocial classes
- trueTeenage girls
- trueUpper class
- trueWomen amateur detectives
- Women household employees -- Fiction
- trueYoung women
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