Skeleton-in-waiting

By Peter Dickinson

Book Overview

A New York Times Notable Book: CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson revisits his alternate British monarchy, ensnaring the imagined royal family in a dark conspiracy of kidnapping, politics,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185089504X
• ISBN13: 9781850895046
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Flawed but thought provoking

This book is based on the premise that the Duke of Clarence survived to become king in the early 20th century, and hence there is a totally different royal family. Good idea, but unfortunately the resulting family is little different from the true one in terms of style and actions. Despite that the plot is good and tight, although the crucial point pulling everything together is given as a rather cryptic side note on the family tree. Overall a fun read, with a little bit of thinking needed to make it all out.