num_pages: 421
description: 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 nursery maid 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 . . .'A glorious indulgence. Dazzling' - Daisy Goodwin'Inventive glittering clever ingenious' - Susan Hill'Fascinating I loved it' - Julian Fellowes'An enthralling mystery' - Juliet Nicolson'Audacious breathtaking' - Alex Gray
language: English
title: The Mitford Murders
publisher: sphere