Dead Man in Trieste (A Dead Man in)

By Michael Pearce

Book Overview

Trieste in 1906 is of vital strategic importance and one of the world's greatest seaports. But assorted nationalist movements are threatening to pull the place apart and the militarist regime has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156947608X
• ISBN13: 9781569476086
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Soho Constable
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Terrific mystery about an city unknown to many in days leading up to WWI

This book provides a fascinating view of Trieste and some of it's inhabitants in a time leading up to WW1. As with Pearce's series set in Egypt in the same time frame, it helps to know background and the way the British government operated at the beginning of the 20th century. Pearce has a very dry sense of humor which some people may find off putting but how else to highlight the difference between the British Establishment's haughty world views when living and working among the inhabitants of a differnt world?