Off With His Head ~ Ppr
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780006169192 (0006169198)
ASIN: 0006169198
Publish date: 1989-07-01
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Cozy Mystery,
Murder Mystery,
Fiction,
Historical
Hm. I know not what to think about Ngaio Marsh. According to SOME PEOPLE (aka the people who write blurbs for the back of Ngaio Marsh's books), Agatha Christie should be compared to her, rather than vice versa but that's a bit of a stretch. Because I love Agatha Christie, I've been desperately searc...
Interesting but not quite compelling. The issue of class rears its head in this book and (like many other occasions in Marsh) although her characters repeatedly talk about reverse snobbism and pretend that class doesn't matter, there is a distinct sense of Top Drawer about some characters, and a di...
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