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Coronation Day, 1902. Charles and Kate Sheridan are pleased to be at the crowning of their king. But when an anarchist accidentally blows himself up with a bomb meant for their monarch, Charles and Kate turn up a number of intriguing--and disturbing--questions. For example, what is mysterious,... read more

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  • Lady Kathryn "Kate" Ardleigh Sheridan, aka Beryl Bardwell.: American wife of Sir Charles Sheridan, Writes mystrey detective novels under name Beryl Bardwell.
  • Sir Charles Sheridan: Baron Somersworth, married to Kate. Amateur scientist and forensics expert.
  • Charlotte "Lottie" Conway: 25 year old editor of the Anarchist Clarion, a paper begun by her mother Sybil Conway
  • Adam Gould: Railway union worker. Friend of Charlotte's
  • Jack London: American adventure writer. Married to Bess and they have infant daughter. Lover Anna Strinsky. Has a room in East End of London in home of police detective John Palmer
  • Nellie Lovelace (Ellie Wurtz): actress, former East End resident
  • Inspector Earnest Ashcraft: Special Branch, Scotland Yard - an eager beaver
  • Ivan Kopinski: Russian anarchist, printer for the Anarchist Clarion
  • Helen Rossetti: nieces of artist, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his poet sister Christina, Helen and her sister Olivia, as Isabel Meredith, coauthored "A Girl among the Anarchists" about their experiences as the teenage editors of the anarchist paper, "The Torch"
  • Pierre Mouffetard: French anarchist
  • Yuri Messenko: socialist from Manchester working for betterment of the poor, Hyde Park bomber killed by the bomb he carried to kill King Edward
  • Sergeant Charles Collins: fingerprint expert,,
  • Edward Savidge: Brilliant barrister tand relentless cross=examiner Sheridan gets to plead Adam Gould's case
  • Dmitri Tropov alias Vladimir Rasnokov: memeber of Russia Ochrana (Csar;s secret police)
  • Fredrick "Fritz" Ponsonby: Ass't Personal Secretary to King Edward VII. Action in the Boer Wars
  • Bradford Marsden: boyhood friend of Charles Sheridan, investment broker, married to Emily, Rhodes' goddaughter
  • Mr. Malachai Morley: lazy, incompetent solicitor for Masters, Morley, and Dunderson
  • Edward Henry: Assistant Police Commissioner of London and head of the Criminal Investigation Department. Developed the system of taking and classifying of fingerprints
  • Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley: Old friend of Charles Sheridan and Beatrix Potter. Has created a foundation called the National Trust in 1895
  • Captain Steven Wells: Inrelligence Office of the War Office
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First Sentence edit see section history

Edward VII almost missed his coronation.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 10 of 12 in Victorian Mystery. (standard series)

Preceded by Death at Glamis Castle, and followed by Death at Blenheim Palace.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Robin Paige (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Prime Crime
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0425194191
Page Count: 304

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