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Highlights
- Florence,1855.
- About the Author: Michael Dibdin was born in England and raised in Northern Ireland.
- 208 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
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About the Book
Establishing Dibdin as a master of the historical mystery, "A Rich Full Death" begins in 1855 Florence at the hanging of Isabel Eaken. Engrossing, lively, lush with details, this evocative story has been seamlessly created from both fact and fancy, characters both imagined and real.Book Synopsis
Florence,1855. "The English are dying too much," the city's police chief observes. And members of the foreign community in this quaint Italian backwater, both English and American, are indeed dying at an alarming rate and in an extraordinary variety of ingenious and horrible ways. With the local authorities out of their depth, the distinguished resident Robert Browning launches his own private investigation, aided and abetted by an expatriot Robert Booth. Unfortunately, their amateur sleuthing is hampered by the fact that each of their suspects becomes the next victim in a series of murders orchestrated by a killer with a taste for poetic justice. A Rich Full Death features characters both historical and imaginary, ranging from an enticing servant girl to Mr. Browning's consumptive, world-famous wife, Elizabeth Barrett, in a tale lush with period detail, intricately plotted, and with a truly astonishing final twist.Review Quotes
"Fruitily atmospheric as a crumbling necropolis with a startling (and hauntingly ambiguous) finale." --The Guardian "Vigorous and amusing. . .Dibdin convincingly creates the cosmopolitan society of nineteenth-century Florence." --Daily Telegraph "Clever plotting, witty writing, and a well-judged display of historical background." --The Times (London) "Dibdin has a gift for shocking the unshockable reader." --Ruth Rendell
About the Author
Michael Dibdin was born in England and raised in Northern Ireland. He attended Sussex University and the University of Alberta in Canada. He spent five years in Perugia, Italy, where he taught English at the local university. He went on to live in Oxford, England and Seattle, Washington. He was the author of eighteen novels, eleven of them in the popular Aurelio Zen series, including Ratking, which won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger, and Cabal, which was awarded the French Grand Prix du Roman Policier. His work has been translated into eighteen languages. He died in 2007.Dimensions (Overall): 8.01 Inches (H) x 5.23 Inches (W) x .67 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Theme: Traditional
Format: Paperback
Author: Michael Dibdin
Language: English
Street Date: June 29, 1999
TCIN: 1003738951
UPC: 9780375706141
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-9570
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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