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On Lansdown Hill, near Bath, England, a battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers that took place over 350 years ago is annually reenacted. Two of the reenactors discover a skeleton that is female, headless, and only about twenty years old. One of them, a professor who played a Cavalier, is later found murdered. In the course of his investigation, Peter Diamond butts heads with the group of vigilantes who call themselves the Lansdown Society, discovering in the process that his boss Georgina is a member. She resolves to sideline Diamond, but matters don't pan out in accordance with her plans.… (más)
Simon Prebble is a wonderful narrator. I enjoyed this because of his great reading. This is two mysteries separated in time by 20 years. So I did find it hard at times to keep track of the large number of characters. Good tale over all. Nice escape read. ( )
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Two men lay dead on a battlefield and one said 'Hey!' The other stayed silent. 'I'm talking to you.' There was no response. 'You with the head wound.' Now the other one stirred. 'I'm dead', he said through his teeth like a ventriloquist. 'Me, too. So?'
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'An honour, ma'am. As a result of all this isn't there a vacancy in the Lansdown Society?'
On Lansdown Hill, near Bath, England, a battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers that took place over 350 years ago is annually reenacted. Two of the reenactors discover a skeleton that is female, headless, and only about twenty years old. One of them, a professor who played a Cavalier, is later found murdered. In the course of his investigation, Peter Diamond butts heads with the group of vigilantes who call themselves the Lansdown Society, discovering in the process that his boss Georgina is a member. She resolves to sideline Diamond, but matters don't pan out in accordance with her plans.
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