The Stuart Sapphire: Murder in Regency Brighton

by Alanna Knight (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $3.25

  In August 1811, George, Prince of Wales and the Prince Regent is horrified to find his mistress Sarah, Marchioness of Creeve dead in his bed, strangled by the string of pearls around her neck. The Prince realizes what a scandal could come out of a dead married woman (not to mention his younger brother s mistress) so he has Tam Eildor, masquerading as a Scottish lawyer, investigate the murder. Tam s investigation is interrupted by an attempt on his life -and the Prince s discovery that the Stuart Sapphire has gone missing. Tam s search for the killer and the thief puts his life in danger. Amidst a cast of royally quirky, entertaining, and psychologically complex characters, Tam needs to figure out his purpose in the Prince Regent s service, find the killer thief, and get home before time does away with Tam s memory of home, or someone does away with Tam.

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  It is August 1811. George, Prince of Wales has his own reasons for welcoming time-traveller Tam Eildor to the Royal Pavilion. His latest mistress, Sarah, Marchioness of Creeve, has been murdered in his bed, strangled with her own string of pearls. Newly created Prince Regent, George realises that a sordid royal scandal must be avoided at all costs, so he enlists the services of Tam Eildor. In his assumed role of a Scottish lawyer, sole survivor of a shipwreck off the Brighton coast, Tam must find the killer and thief who has also made off with the historic Stuart Sapphire. Tam's disposal of the body of the murdered Marchioness is interrupted by an attempt on his life in a prearranged carriage accident. But coping with a double investigation is the least of his worries: fifteen-year-old Princess Charlotte has taken a fancy to their Scottish visitor and isn't afraid to let her feelings show. Amidst a cast of royally quirky and entertaining characters and as always in constant danger, Tam needs to solve the mystery and return to his own century, outwitting the sinister forces which seem determined for him not to survive this particular time-quest.