Killer's Wake - Hardcover

Cornwell, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399134581 ISBN 13: 9780399134586

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989

Synopsis

Despite the lure of the sea, the heir to an ancient earldom reluctantly returns to his British home to protect valuable painting belonging to his family--an artwork that someone wants badly enough to kill

About this title

About the Author:

BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales series, which includes The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land, Death of Kings, The Pagan Lord, and, most recently, The Empty Throne and Warriors of the Storm, and which serves as the basis for the hit television series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.

From Publishers Weekly:

Occasionally tripped up by tangled nautical jargon, Cornwell ( Wildtrack ) nevertheless delivers a pretty fair yarn. John Rossendale, 28th Earl of Stowey, is a 30-ish semi-rebel who has escaped his nasty, impoverished family by bumming around the world in his sailboat Sunflower . He returns to England in time to receive a maternal death-bed curse and then, before he can get away again, is embroiled in a search for the "Stowey Van Gogh." Stolen years ago (John was a suspect), the lost family heirloom is lusted after by a mega-rich tycoon. To provide for his only nice sibling, the retarded Georgina, Rossendale agrees to help find the Van Gogh, which is being held for ransom, and to give it to the tycoon. Rossendale also succumbs to the charms of the tycoon's step-daughter (herself a contessa) and thinks about settling down. But first there's a mystery to solve and perils to face, culminating in a foggy duel in dangerous Channel waters. The narrator-hero is a bit precious ("Call me John," his lordship says, often) but his story is an amusing read.
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About this edition

• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0399134581
• ISBN 13: 9780399134586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 317