A Dead Man in Trieste

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 trouble keeping a lid on things. Amid all the chaos the British consul goes missing, and Special Branch Seymour is sent to find him. Born to an immigrant family in London's East End, Seymour has an acute linguistic ear - crucial in turn-of-the-century Trieste. As he attempts to solve the riddle of the consul's disappearance, Seymour discovers dark and disturbing corners of the city and finds that it holds the secrets of his own family's past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147212605X
• ISBN13: 9781472126054
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Constable & Robinson
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.7"

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?