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Julia Larwood's Aunt Regina needs help. She and two friends pooled their modest resources and invested in equities. Now the tax man demands his due, but they've already spent the money. How can they dig themselves out of the tax hole? Even more to the point: Can the sin of capital gains... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Daphne: Add a description of this character.
- Maurice Dulcimer: Vicar of St. Ethel's, Parsons Haver
- Julia Larwood: A tax attorney.
- Isabella
- Selena Jardine: An attorney at the Chancery Bar
- Robert Renfrew
- Griselda
- Terry Carver
- Derek Arkwright
- Ricky Farnham
- Professor Hilary Tamar: Tutor in Legal History at St. George’s College, Oxford.
- Regina Sheldon: Aunt of Julia Larwood.
- Parsons Haver: Home of Regina Sheldon, Maurice Dulcimer
- Geoffrey Bolton
- Mrs. Tyrrell
- Benjamin
- Natasha
- Edgar
- Professor Tamar
- Virgil
- Katharine
- Mrs. Sheldon
- Jeremiah Arkwright
- Desmond Ragwort: An attorney at the Chancery Bar.
- Marjorie
- Timothy
- Henry
- Mr. Vavasour
- Madame Louisa
- Lincoln
- Tabitha
- Mr. Iqbal
- Miss Tavistock
Quotes edit
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“The church no longer believes in hell as a geographical place, like Paris or London. Not that anyone thought, of course, that it would be anything like Paris.”
Reverend Maurice Dulcimer, vicar at St. Ethel's -
“Character is a myth invented by novelists for the sake of adding interest to the narrative. Human beings are not so different one from another as the authors of fiction would have us believe. Some people do kind things and are described as kind, but they are not incapable of acts of cruelty. People who shrink from danger are described as cowardly, but they may be capable of acts of heroism. In real life almost anyone might do almost anything.”
Professor Hilary Tamar
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Setting & Locations edit
- Mr. Albany
- London
- Cannes
- Book
- France
- Paris
- St. Ethel
- England
- Brighton
- New York
- West Sussex
- Cambridge
- Vicarage
First Sentence edit
THE TWO MEN struggling on the floor of the Clerks' Room differed widely in appearance: one young, of slender build, dressed in cotton and denim, with honey-coloured hair worn rather long and a pleasing delicacy of feature; the other perhaps in his sixties, tending to plumpness, wearing a pinstriped suit, with the round, pink face face of a bad-tempered baby and very little hair at all.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 4 in Hilary Tamar. (standard series)
Preceded by The Sirens Sang of Murder.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sarah Caudwell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0385299346
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0385299346
Page Count: 304
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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