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In this excellent novel Dickinson weaves a tale of blackmail and murderamong the royals late in Victorias reign. . . . His knowledge of the artshistory and literature is nothing if not exhaustive and adds enormously to theoverall background. . . . One hopes to see more of Lord Powerscourt and hisfriends in the near future.Publishers WeeklyThis is detective fictionin the grand style. Powerscourts debut in this intoxicating book is the startof a gilded life in the archives of crime fiction. Hes going to be a star.James NaughtieThe debut of aristocratinvestigator Lord Francis Powerscourtwho takes on investigations too delicate for the police.Prince Eddy is anotorious wastrel. But when he is found in his bedroom at Sandringham with histhroat cut his father King George V decides that the crime must beconcealed. The prince is said to have died of influenza. Lord FrancisPowerscourt is secretly commissioned to find the killer but there are so manywho have reason to hate the debauched and vicious prince that the task is ahard one. It leads him across Europe to Venice where amidst scandal andsuicide Powerscourt finally unravels the mystery.David Dickinson was bornin Dublin. After reading classics at Cambridge he joined the BBC. GoodnightSweet Prince is the first in the Lord Powerscourt series. «
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