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A Plague of Angels (Paperback)

by P.F. Chisholm (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: New English Library Ltd; New edition edition (15 Oct 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340671637
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340671634
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 810,966 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Autumn 1592. Sir Robert Carey and Sergeant Henry Dodd are riding to London. There, Carey runs the gauntlet of his many creditors and his embarassingly pregnant mistress. Then there is the matter of the plague. But how can Carey solve his problems when he is thrown in jail?


About the Author

Patricia Finney (who writes as P. F. Chisholm) has been writing since she was seven and getting paid for it since she was 15. Her first book, A Shadow of Gulls, was published when she was 18 years old, and won the David Higham Award for Best First Novel. She studied Modern History at Wadham College, Oxford. Since which time she has accumulated an American husband, one daughter, two sons, a dog and three cats, plus assorted rodents theoretically owned by her offspring. Her husband’s work as a barrister (an English lawyer, specialising in litigation) has given her fascinating insight into real-life crime and her children have taught her more than she wanted to know about human nature. She has had a variety of jobs which have included editing a medical journal and writing a weekly column in the London Evening Standard. She presently lives in Cornwall, and is working on the next couple of Carey stories, and some screenplays. She is planning a contemporary novel as well, whenever her fulltime work as nanny, chauffeur, handywoman, administrator, accountant and legal secretary gives her a chance to write it. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Political intrigue,poets ,playwrites and court., 7 Mar 2001
By jen.nutt@talk21.com (Glossop, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Plague of Angels (Sir Robert Carey Mysteries) (Paperback)
Sir Robert Carey and his enterage exchange the reivers of Carlisle for London. The book is well paced. The plot well weaved and brought together at the end. Dodds and Carey are an entertaining duo, with the majority of the narrative coming from Dodds viewpoint. London is brought to life with his observations of the absurdity and strangeness of politics compared to Carlise. But he begins to realise that some methods of "persuasion" are the same the world over.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You'll never read Shakespeare in the same way again!, 29 Sep 1999
Readers of P.F.Chisholm's earlier books about the West March Deputy Warden, Sir Robert Carey and his problems with the Border Reivers will expect a well written and exciting book which gives you a real feel for life on the borders in Elizabethan England. Here, the scene moves south as Sir Robert answers a summons from his father to return to London and sort out the difficulties his elder brother has got himself into as an innocent party in a plot to discredit Lord Hunsdon. George Dodd, the down-to-earth land sergeant of Gilsland accompanies him, feeling like a fish out of water, but coping quite well with the strange southerners. Appearances by persons better know to students of English Literature, such as George Greene and Christopher Marlowe as spies and agents are interesting, while the portrayal of that love-sick snivelling hanger-on Shakespeare is quite an eye opener. P.F. Chisholm's strength lies in her ability to write a dialogue which is natural and not preciously "period" and she certainly seems to understand the mind of the borderer. I speak as a borderer myself, albeit from the East, not the West March. I would strongly recommend this book to lovers of both historical and mystery fiction. Even my brother, who normally only reads sci fi wants more!
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