The firebird's feather
By: Marjorie Eccles
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780727897893
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Murder; Fiction; Investigation; Family secrets; Aristocracy (Social class); History
Description: London, May, 1911. The new king, George V, is preparing for his coronation. The suffragettes are campaigning for women to get the vote. The East End seethes with unrest. And 18-year-old Kitty Challoner is looking forward to coming out in London society. But Kitty s secure, sheltered world is about to be torn apart. Lydia Challoner is shot dead while out riding in Hyde Park, and during the ensuing murder investigation Kitty discovers that there was so much she didn t know about her mother. Was Lydia really the killer s intended target? Is there a link to her Russian heritage? Why had she been behaving so strangely in recent weeks? Was she having an affair? As Kitty determines to uncover the truth and wonders exactly whom she can trust, she learns that the household in which she lives harbours a number of dangerous secrets."
Notes: "An Edwardian mystery"--Cover.