Category: Historical Fiction Publisher: Black Rose Writing
ISBN-10: 1612962920
Type: Fiction
Pages: 255
Copyright: January 2014
ISBN-13: 9781612962924
Price: $16.95 (eBook)
An intrepid couple solves mysteries around the world during the mid-nineteenth century.
William Darmon and wife Elizabeth were powerful figures who in 1818 set society's pace from expansive grounds known as Mayfair Hall. When a family member is murdered on their premises, a mysterious pendant is found containing a long lost request by Napoleon Bonaparte for an American mission to burn down Parliament buildings.
The couple sets out on an action filled pursuit of the killer. While visiting Henry Clay in post-war Maryland, evidence surfaces of a French conspiracy to free the Emperor from exile. The Darmonds race to prevent the Vice President’s kidnapping in exchange for Napoleon’s release, but a shipwreck off the coast of Scotland, destruction of the Darmon’s Manor and a harrowing assault on the Island of St. Helena loom before the mystery can be resolved.
Excerpt
“Had we never met, I would have quietly grown old without challenge or interest. How dull," she replied.
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