num_pages: 320
description: Mystery surrounds the death of Queen Victoria's grandson England, 1892. Victoria, Queen and Empress, is in the 54th year of her reign, when her grandson Prince Eddy, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, is found slaughtered in his bed at Sandringham. Terrified of more royal scandal, the Prince of Wales and his spindoctors decide to cover up the facts and the murder is disguised as death by influenza.Lord Francis Powerscourt, an Irish investigator, is privately asked to find the killer. His quest takes him on a journey through the prince's debauched and dissolute past, across Europe to the misty waterways of Venice where, amidst scandal and suicide, Powerscourt finally unravels themystery of the sweet prince's last goodnight.
language: English
title: Goodnight Sweet Prince
titlecomplete: Goodnight Sweet Prince (Lord Francis Powerscourt, #1)
genres: Historical Mystery, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Detective, Historical Fiction, 19th Century, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 667
places: Venice
series: Lord Francis Powerscourt
publisher: Carroll & Graf