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"'This is a witty and meticulous recreation of the class-ridden middle England of the 1930s... a perfect example of golden-age mystery traditions with the cobwebs swept away, for the many readers who like their sleuthing elegant and their sex and violence concealed behind the curtains.' The Guardian 'Roberts just keeps getting better with each book in this historical series... This is first-rate fun, informed by telling period detail and an intelligent portrayal of the political issues behind the Abdication Crisis. It's highly recommended too for fans of Love in a Cold Climate and Gosford Park.' Publishers Weekly"
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Winston Churchill is dismayed to receive unauthorized information on the perilous state of Britain's rearmament programme in the year 1937. The Foreign Office brings in Lord Edward Corinth to investigate the leaks. Falling rapidly under Churchill's spell, he is sidetracked from the investigation to concentrate instead on finding the murderer of a Foreign Office official, who could have been one of Churchill's sources. He soon finds himself trying to untangle a web of deception that threatens the security of the state. Following a second murder within the FO, Edward sets out for Spain to find the murdered man's son. Once there, his real objective though is the need to satisfy his gnawing fear that his friend Verity Browne is in extreme danger. Reporting on the Civil War for the New Gazette, Verity scents a scoop when she is given secret information that the enemy is planning an attack on the undefended town of Guernica. With Edward in tow, she arrives just in time to witness a barbarous aerial bombardment on a civilian population with no means of defending itself.
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In the fifth installment of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne mystery adventures, Edward enlarges his extensive social circle still more with the addition of such austere folk as Winston Churchill when he is asked to find out who is slipping secrets of armaments etc to the politician. His investigations also include the search for a missing Foreign Office worker who had access to such secrets. But when the man's body is found mockingly hung from the bottom of Chelsea Bridge, Edward realises there is a lot more to this situation than people are letting on.
At the same time, his worries about lover and sleuthing partner Verity increase as she returns to report on the front line of civil war in Spain, and then word of her ceases. Combining a need to track down a fellow Communist of Verity's party after another murder with a compunction to ensure that she is safe, Edward finds himself heading for Guernica, a small touristy town that's about to become a guinea pig for foreign bombs...
'The More Deceived' is another pleasurable read from this pre-World War II series, with Lord Edward on usual sweet yet clever form and Verity and her friends providing a different viewpoint of society to spice things up. The murder mystery in this story is stronger than some others in the series, which adds to the overall enjoyment of the book. Recommended reading.
At the same time, his worries about lover and sleuthing partner Verity increase as she returns to report on the front line of civil war in Spain, and then word of her ceases. Combining a need to track down a fellow Communist of Verity's party after another murder with a compunction to ensure that she is safe, Edward finds himself heading for Guernica, a small touristy town that's about to become a guinea pig for foreign bombs...
'The More Deceived' is another pleasurable read from this pre-World War II series, with Lord Edward on usual sweet yet clever form and Verity and her friends providing a different viewpoint of society to spice things up. The murder mystery in this story is stronger than some others in the series, which adds to the overall enjoyment of the book. Recommended reading.
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This is the fifth book in David Robert's series about the detective couple Lord Edward Corinth, with all his establishment connections, and independent minded, communist journalist Verity Browne (any resemblance to another prewar sleuth couple can't be entirely coincidental). Set in the 30's they aim to recreate the style of the golden age detective stories, though with a consciousness of history - war is known to be getting closer (this story is set in 1937 - Browne spends much of the time reporting on the Spanish Civil War, allowing a scene in Guernica) - than could be the case with stories written at the time.
At the beginning of the story Corinth is asked to investigate leaks from the Foreign Office - Churchill is getting sensitive information from somewhere and is using it to fuel his campaign for British rearmament. Corinth agrees to do what he can, however, having met the great man he finds himself in sympathy with his views and unhappy with trying to thwart him. Fortunately a body soon turns up so he is able to redirect his energies to finding the murderer.
Thereafter, the story ambles amiably along and in due course justice is done.
I enjoyed it and it's perfectly readable, but the detective story element does gets rather lost in other strands e.g. a) the continuing transformations of the main characters - Verity's main role in the story is to provide Edward with sufficient emotional upheaval to cause him to question his instinctive political/ social loyalties, whilst his pragmatism is used to mildly temper her idealism. And b) there is a sense that some of the political/ espionage elements are being flagged up so that they can come to a head further on in the series - fine but it feels as though these elements of the plot and some reappearing characters are only there so they can appear more substantial several books hence.
At the beginning of the story Corinth is asked to investigate leaks from the Foreign Office - Churchill is getting sensitive information from somewhere and is using it to fuel his campaign for British rearmament. Corinth agrees to do what he can, however, having met the great man he finds himself in sympathy with his views and unhappy with trying to thwart him. Fortunately a body soon turns up so he is able to redirect his energies to finding the murderer.
Thereafter, the story ambles amiably along and in due course justice is done.
I enjoyed it and it's perfectly readable, but the detective story element does gets rather lost in other strands e.g. a) the continuing transformations of the main characters - Verity's main role in the story is to provide Edward with sufficient emotional upheaval to cause him to question his instinctive political/ social loyalties, whilst his pragmatism is used to mildly temper her idealism. And b) there is a sense that some of the political/ espionage elements are being flagged up so that they can come to a head further on in the series - fine but it feels as though these elements of the plot and some reappearing characters are only there so they can appear more substantial several books hence.
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