Treason at Lisson Grove (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Victor Narraway: Head of Special Branch, Thomas Pitt's supervisor.
• Mrs. Pitt: Add a description of this character.
• Gerald Croxdale
• Gower
• Stoker
• Fiachra Mcdaid
• Minnie Maude
• Mulhare
• Cormac O'neil
• Mrs. Waterman
• Flachra Mcdaid
• Kate O'neil
• Gracie
• Sean
• Daniel
• Frobisher
• Thomas
• Mrs. Hogan
• Charles Austwick
• Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould: Charlotte and Emily's aunt and partner in crime
• Pieter Linsky
• Mciver
• Talulla
• Bridget Tyrone
• Osborne
• Phelim O'conor
• Jacob Meister
• Flaherty
• John Tyrone
• Emily

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• “"Thank you, Mr. Pitt, " Victoria said a trifle hoarsely. "We are most obliged to you. We shall not forget."”

  Queen Victoria

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• What was anybody worth if they had no concept of a purpose greater than themselves?

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• A real woman had warmth, vulnerability, fears, and blemishes of her own—or else how could she have any gentleness toward those of her mate?

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• Loving always included the possibility of loss. But the emptiness of not loving was even greater.

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• to a soul of any courage or passion, experience also meant a degree of pain, false starts, occasional bad judgments, a knowledge of loss.

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• learn a responsibility toward the future, to guard and perhaps improve on what one has been given, and leave it whole for those who follow.”

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• There is desperate poverty. The tsar has lost all sense of reality and is totally out of touch with his people—as are all his ministers and advisers. The gulf between the obscenely rich and the starving is so great it will eventually swallow them all. The only question is when.”

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• The worst of society was greedy, arrogant, and self-serving, but the best of it was supremely brave, it was generous, and above all it was loyal.

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• Well, you need a strong head to dine with the Irish. They’ll charm the wits out of you, if you let them.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Ireland
• Wrexham
• London
• France
• Lisson Grove
• Dublin
• Europe
• England
• Southampton
• Britain
• Paris
• Victoria
• Holyhead
• St. Mato
• Scotland
• Germany
• St. Malo
• Molesworth Street
• Portsmouth
• Limehouse
• St. Maio

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Buckingham Palace Gardens, and followed by Dorchester Terrace: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Anne Perry (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Historical