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Bertie and the Crime of Passion

Bertie (the future King Edward VII) has a princely appetite for tasty morsels of all kinds. With glorious food and glamorous women equally appealing, it's not surprising that he visits Paris every year, with a modest retinue of some 30 faithful servants. The year 1889, however, marks his most eventful trip. First, he is he introduced to the can-can — that deliciously vulgar new sensation in which he takes, of course, a purely scholarly interest. And second, a murder at a fashionable nightclub allows him to exercise his beloved sleuthing skills, poking the royal nose into showgirls' dressing rooms and all manner of backstage intrigues. With Sarah Bernhardt and Toulouse-Lautrec acting as a dual Dr. Watson, His Highness cannot fail to find a solution to the crime — though no bets as to whether it's the right one. Delightfully humorous ... no one is more fun than Bertie — Associated Press Tongue-in-cheek satire and wry humor along with an intriguing, entertaining mystery — Booklist

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 272
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781933397672
  • Genres
  • mystery, crime, historical, fiction
  • Release date
  • 2006