Death at Blenheim Palace (2005) (edit title/settings)

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• Charles, Lord Sheridan, Baron Somersworth: Amateur photographer and detective.
• Kate Sheridan: aka Lady Kathryn Ardleigh Sheridan. Married to Charles Sheridan. Writes mysteries under the name Beryl Bardwell.
• Duke of Marlborough: aka Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill (Sunny), master of Blenheim Palace; in love with Gladys Deacon. Married American heiress Consuela Vanderbilt purely for her money to refurbish Blenheim Palace
• Consuelo (Connie) Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill: Duchess of Marlborough; unhappily married to Sunny. They have two sons - the Heir and the spare
• Winston Churchill: First cousin to the Duke; member of Parliament
• Gladys Deacon: Unconventional American beauty who dazzled European society in the early 1900s; the Duke's lover
• Lord Henry Northcote (Botsy): Gladys Deacon's hot-tempered suitor
• John Buttersworth: Curator of Classical Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum
• T. E. (Ned) Lawrence: aka Lawrence of Arabia; volunteer at Ashmolean Museum;
• Mr. Stevens: Elderly butler at Blenheim
• Mrs. Raleigh: Elderly housekeeper at Blenheim
• Alfred: Footman
• Kitty: Recently hired Blenheim Palace housemaid
• Ruth and Bess: Housemaids at Blenheim - Kitty shares a room with Ruth. Bess is bright and capable
• Bulls-eye: Big ill-tempered man at the Black Prince pub near Blenheim Palace
• Dawkins: Bulls-eye's "colleague"
• Beryl Bardwell: Nom du plume for Lady Kathryn Ardleigh Sheridan's writing
• Badger: Fishery manager at Blenheim
• Fair Rosamund: mistress of Henry II, supposedly poisoned by jealous Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Marlboroughs: Add a description of this character.
• Jennie: Winston Churchhill's mother
• Mr. Dreighson
• Mr. Meloy
• Patrick
• Rosalie
• Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England: Henry II's wife, richest woman of her time, 11 years older than Henry II, bore him three sons and five daughters

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• Blenheim Palace: The home of the Duke of Marlborough.
• Woodstock: Nearby town.
• Oxford: University town not far from Blenheim Palace
• Wellbeck Abbey: Another country house where a theft of jewelry took place.
• Rosamund's Well: Well located on Blenheim's property
• London: Capitol city of the U.K., referred to as "Town" or Lunnun
• Black Prince: Pub outside Blenheim Palace - not the cleanest
• Brighton: Seaside town
• Crete: Island in Mediterranean where treasure are being dug up and brought to England
• Scotland: Northern part of the United Kingdom
• The Bear: Pub/Inn near the railway station near Blenheim Palace
• Paris: Capitol of France

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p. 255, first full paragraph, first full sentence: "Then he went back down the corridor to the room he shared with Ned."
Ned should be Alfred.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Death in Hyde Park, and followed by Death on the Lizard.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robin Paige (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Historical