num_pages: 312
description: When the Luck of the Vails is lost, Fear not fire nor rain nor frost; When the Luck is found again, Fear both fire and frost and rain.The Luck of the Vails is an exquisite gold cup, encrusted with precious jewels. On the eve of his twenty-first birthday, Harry Vail, twelfth baronet, discovers the chalice hidden in soft leather folds up in the attic. Little can he imagine, as he unwraps this unexpected gift, thebirthday curse he is about to bring down upon his head.Set amid the rolling Wiltshire dales and the clattering, gaslit streets of London, The Luck of the Vails gradually reveals a long, bitter history of corruption and violence amongst the old aristocracy. It is a vintage crime story.
language: English
title: The Luck of the Vails
titlecomplete: The Luck of the Vails
genres: Fiction, Gothic, Mystery
ratings_count: 58
publisher: The Hogarth Press