When torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed bodyon a Lake District hillside, old wivesâ tales come swirling to the surface.For centuries Lakelanders have whispered that Fletcher Christian, infamous Bountymutineer, staged the massacre on Pitcairn Island so he could return home.And there he told his story to an old friend and schoolmate, William Wordsworth,who turned it into a long narrative poemone kept hidden lest it exposeWordsworth to the gallows for harbouring a fugitive.
Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham, herself a native of the LakeDistrict, feels compelled to discover once and for all if the manuscript everexistedand whether it still exists today. But as she pursues each new lead,death follows hard on her heels. Suddenly Jane is at the heart of a 200-year-oldmystery that continues to put lives on the line. Against the dramatic backdropof Englandâs Lake District a drama of life and death plays out, its ultimateprize a bounty worth millions.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Psychological
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Author : McDermid, Val
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2006-04-23
Number Of Pages : 480
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0002006669
ISBN-13 : 9780002006668
Item weight : 1.35 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 6 in x 9.1 in
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