Death comes to Pemberley
By: P.D. James
Edition: 1st Vintage books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780307950659; 9780804173575
Subjects: Social life and customs; Married women; Families; Adaptations; Fiction; Literature; Sisters; Manners and customs
Description: In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy's impressive estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; the marriage prospects for Darcy's sister, Georgiana, are favorable. And preparations for their annual autumn ball are proceeding apace. But on the eve of the ball, chaos descends. Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth's disgraced sister who, with her husband, has been barred from the estate, arrives in a hysterical state--shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. Plunged into frightening mystery and a lurid murder trial, the lives of Pemberley's owners and servants alike may never be the same.--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The Bennets of Longbourn; title: Book one. The day before the ball; title: Book two. The body in the woodland; title: Book three. Police at Pemberley; title: Book four. The inquest; title: Book five. The trial; title: Book six. Gracechurch Street.