Crippled explorer Peter Pentland turns sleuth to investigate the murder of a disgraced fellow explorer--killed by a rare African poison--who had threatened the reputations of rival adventurers Col. Hardy Stretton and Philip Bright, in a mystery set in Victorian England
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Synopsis:
Opening with the funeral of Dr Livingstone in 1873, this crime story brings to life the passion of the era. The leading explorers of the day are all present at the funeral. There is a dispute over the source of the Nile and soon after that one of them is murdered.
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- PublisherSt Martins Pr
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0312051328
- ISBN 13 9780312051327
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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