A Corpse in a Gilded Cage

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Chivers, 1984 - Fiction - 328 pages

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CHAPTER PAGE 1 Chetton Hall
1
The Countesss Mile
8
Sir Philips Staircase
16
Copyright

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Robert Barnard
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Robert Barnard
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Robert Barnard
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Anyway asked bedroom began bleeding Blenheim Wing bloody butler chair Chetton Hall Chetton Lacey Chokey Clapham constable corridor Countess Countess's Mile course courtyard Daintree death duties Desmond Bagley Dixie Dixie's door Dungarvan Dutch Garden Earl of Ellesmere Earl's Elsie eyes face Fishguard Gareth gazing going Governor Green Drawing-Room hands heard Jacobean James Wyatt Joanie Karen kids kitchen knew Lady Joan laugh lawns looked Lord Ellesmere Lord Portsea Maidstone Michele Mind your language morning murder never night old Earl old Lillywaite Parsloe and Nazeby Perce perhaps Peter Medway Phil Phil's Pink Damask Room police policeman Raicho round seemed Sergeant Medway smile sort Spender Stepney stood Superintendent Hickory sure talk Taoiseach Teesdale tell there's things thought told Trevor turned voice walked watched window young Earl

About the author (1984)

Robert Barnard 1936-2013 Robert Barnard was born in Essex, England on November 23, 1936. He read English at Balliol College, Oxford. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was a professor. His first novel, Death of an Old Goat, was published in 1974. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 40 books including A Cry from the Dark, The Bones in the Attic, Posthumous Papers, Death in a Cold Climate, Sheer Torture, Political Suicide, The Missing Brontë, The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori, and A Charitable Body. He also wrote an illustrated biography of Emily Brontë and A Brontë Encyclopedia, compiled with Louise Barnard. He received numerous awards including the Nero Wolfe, Anthony, Agatha, Edgar and Macavity Awards. In 2003, he won the CWA Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime of achievement. He died on September 19, 2013 at the age of 76.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Corpse in a Gilded Cage
Lythway book
AuthorRobert Barnard
Editionlarge print
PublisherChivers, 1984
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedMay 23, 2008
ISBN0745101763, 9780745101767
Length328 pages
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