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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9781569475249
ISBN number: 1569475245
Label: Soho Constable
Manufacturer: Soho Constable
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: October 01, 2008
Publishing house: Soho Constable
Sale Popularity Level: 442865
Studio: Soho Constable
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'This entertaining period mystery, set in Victorian England, is lively, lurid, amusing.'-Publishing houses Weekly
'These are humorous novels and the humour is character-based . . . mixed with the absurdities of the English class-system. . . . Cribb was the very first of the new-wave Victorian crime-fighters and is arguably still the best.'-Sherlock Holmes Magazine
The second Sergeant Cribb mystery is set in the world of Victorian bare-fisted pugilism-an illegal sport. Constable Jago is sent, undercover, to Radstock Hall by Sergeant Cribb, who suspects that when fighters who train there lose, they are murdered.
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I am very glad to have found Peter Lovesey. This is the second book in his Victorian series starring Sergeant Cribb and the long suffering Constable Thackery. Mr. Lovesey recreates the Victorian atmosphere very accurately. And this is a new form of English cozy crime. Mr. Lovesey seems to want to delve into the Victorian sports era. This particular book is about "knuckle fighting" without the mittens as they call it. There was a huge following of this sport in England at this time despite the fact that even watching was illegal. We get right into the whole area and learn all about the clothes, the gear and the lingo. On top of that it's a cracking good thriller. I certainly intend to read more in this series. I am thourougly enjoying it.
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