Without fear
Subtitle: a Martha Beale novel
By: Cordelia Frances Biddle
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [S.l
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781439269152
Subjects: Young women; Fiction; Mistaken identity; Upper class
Description: "When a headless corpse is discovered on the Philadelphia estate of Joseph Bonaparte, Comte de Survilliers, Martha Beale - the staunchly independent heiress first introduced in The conjurer - is drawn into a sinister world of mistaken identities, missing wives and thwarted desires that transcend social class.  What appears to be a solitary case of murder soon takes an even darker turn as complex clues implicate rich and poor alike"--back cover.