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Description edit
Lord Charles Sheridan and his clever American wife, Kate, have been summoned by the king to clear the name of a prince who's been living secretly at Glamis under an assumed name, while keeping his true identity secret.
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Characters/People edit
- Kate, Lady Charles Shedridan. aka Beryl Bardwell: Clever wife of Chrales, Lord Sheridan; author of mystery novels under the pen name of beryl Bardwell - who will do things for research of a future novel, that more proper Kate won't. Amateur photographer, and accomplished sleuth.
- Lord Charles Sheridan, Baron Somersworth: Amateur archeologist, scientist, photographer, forensic expert married to American Kate
- Hilda Memsdorff MacDonald: murdered mother of Flora MacDonald. Caretaker of "Lord Osbourne" at Glamis Castle in Scotland. Of Bavarian descent. Deceased husband was from Isle of Skye
- Douglas Hamilton: Assistant Gamekeeper at Glamis Castle who smokes horrible Indian cigars
- Constable Oliver Graham: 23 year old constable for the village of Glamis. Wants to ed Flora Macdonald
- Gladys: red-haired kitchen maid at Glamis Castle
- Lady Cecelia: Daughter-in-law of Lord and Lady Strathmore, mother of Lady ueen Elizabeth IIRlizabeth Bowles-Lyon, future wife of King George V and mother of Q
- Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, "Eddy", aka Lord Osborne: Secluded, supposedly dead prince, hald deaf, half crazed
- Captain AndrewKirk-Smythe: British Intelligence officer
- Mr. Simpson: Glamis house steward
- Count Kudwig von Hauptmann: German Intelligence
- Angus Duff: Glamis estate factor
- Herman Memsdorff: visiting Edinburgh nephew of Hilda MacDonald
- Beryl Bardwell: pseudonym of Lady Kate Sheridan
- Mrs. Leslie: Glamis Castle housekeeper
- Taiso: gypsy tinker
- Dr. Ogilvy: Glamis village doctor and coroner
- Bonnie Prince Charlie: Add a description of this character.
- King Edward: Eddy's father, king of England after Queen Victoria
- Queen Alexandra: Eddy's mother, "Motherdear" to "toria"
- Kaiser Wilhelm: German chancellor, cousin of King Edward
- Lord and Lady Strathmore: Own Glamis Castle
- Walter Scott: Author of the Waverly novels
- Mrs. Thompson: Glamis Castle cook
- Prince George: younger brother of Eddy, future King George V
- Patrick: boy the Sheridans are raising
- Lord Osbome: nahich Prince Eddy is known and hiiden underrme by w
- Sally: Glamis Castle kitchen maid
- Alan Donovan: elderly visiting Scottish Ballad collector
- Friedrich von Holstein: German Foreign Ministry, First Counselor
- Colonel Jogn Paddington: leader of Coldstream Guards
Setting & Locations edit
- Skye: Island of Scottish coast
- Scotland: Northern section of the British Isles
- London
- Perth
- England
- Germany
- Sandringham
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Rottingdean
- Roundyhill
- Whitehall
- Wales
- France
- Bavaria
- Cumberland
- South Africa
- Britain
- Hamburg
- America
First Sentence edit
Finding a comfortable spot among the basalt outcroppings, Kate Sheridan set down her camera, dropped her canvas pack, and took several long breaths.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 9 of 12 in Victorian Mystery. (standard series)
Preceded by Death at Dartmoor, and followed by Death in Hyde Park.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robin Paige (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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