A Christmas Garland
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0792781473 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 146 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Narraway's First Investigation D. Bell Christmas comes at the end of October for me with the arrival of Anne Perry's latest Christmas novel; it's a present I can't wait to open. And A Christmas Garland lives up to its promise. As I read the book, two movies came to mind for two different reasons. The first was Hart's Wa. Christmas in India J & L Rigod This novel is set in Cawnpore, India after the Siege of Cawnpore, 1857. A man is accused, by being the only man not accountable for, of allowing a prison break, and subsequent murder of further British deaths.A young Lieutenant, Narraway, must try to defend John Tallis knowing that. lindapanzo said a terrific Christmas novella from Anne Perry. Although I'd actually gotten a bit tired of these, for a change, I actually loved last year's annual Christmas novella from Anne Perry. She typically takes a minor character from one of her series and writes a non-traditional type of Christmas story around them.In this one, she tak
But inspired by a soldier's widow and her children, and by his own stubborn faith in justice, Narraway searches for the truth. Cries for revenge are overwhelming. The trial of John Tallis equals the white-knuckle best of Anne Perry's breathtaking courtroom dramas, as Narraway struggles to persevere against appalling odds and a frightful injustice.. Despite no witnesses and no evidence against him, a luckless British medical orderly named John Tallis is arrested as an accomplice simply because he was the only soldier unaccounted for when these baffling crimes were committed. The year is 1857, soon after the tragic Siege of Cawnpore. Though chosen to defend Tallis, young Lieutenant Victor Narraway is not encouraged to try very hard. In an alien world haunted by memories of massacre, he is the accused man's only hope. In the British garrison, a guard is killed and an Indian prisoner escapes, which leads to yet more British deaths. Narraway's superiors merely want a show trial
As one of AudioFile's Golden Voices, he has received over twenty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.. Born in London, she now lives in the Scottish highlands.Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. Anne Perry is the New York Times
This engaging historical mystery offers an introspective look at the character, Narraway, who will become the future boss of Thomas Pitt, star of Perry’s long-running series. From Booklist When Lieutenant Victor Narraway arrives in Cawnpore, India, emotions are still raw from the 1857 Indian mutiny and the atrocities that rebels committed at the Bibighar. Tallis is being tried as a traitor, and the 20-year-old Narraway is to handle his defense. --Sue OBrien . The army wants the trial and execution held quickly, and the command