Death Comes to Pemberley
By: P.D. James
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780307362032
Subjects: Fiction; Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Personnage fictif); Romans, nouvelles; Bennet, Elizabeth (Personnage fictif); Social life and customs; Regency fiction; Mystery fiction
Description: It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy's magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth's sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy's sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball. But now, Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett's disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered.
Notes: Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: The Bennets of Longbourn; title: The day before the ball; title: The body in the woodland; title: Police at Pemberley; title: The inquest; title: The trial; title: Gracechurch Street.