![]() ![]() Christie's search for a suitable protagonist continues. The action moves to London and then on to Lord Caterham's country house Chimneys, where a murder takes place. The Herzoslovakian links in the story become important because the manuscript is the memoir of a former Prime Minister. However the heir to the throne is attempting to claim it back. Its last king was assassinated seven years earlier and the kingdom has been a republic ever since. One of elements of this story is political intrigue related to the kingdom of Herzoslovakia in the Balkins. ![]() He can't take them himself as he on the hunt for some gold.Ĭade agrees to take on both tasks, and travels to London by steamer in the guise of James McGrath. He also has a bundle of incriminating love letters that he wants returned to the person who wrote them. Jimmy has in his possession a manuscript that needs to be delivered to a publisher in London by a particular date. ISBN 0-7089-0983-3, 435 pagesĬHIMNEYS begins in Bulawayo, Africa, when Jimmy McGrath runs across his old friend Anthony Cade. This edition, a Bodley Head Large Print Edition was published in 1983. Another contribution to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books theme. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |