Death of a Pilgrim
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2001
Summary
- A young man called James Delaney is dying in a New York hospital. The doctors and the nuns cannot save him. When his life is spared his tycoon father takes it as a miracle and organizes a family pilgrimage to the resting place of the boy’s name saint, Saint James the Greater in Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the greatest pilgrimage site of the Middle Ages.The first modern-day pilgrim is killed in Le Puy en Velay in Southern France and Powerscourt is summoned to investiga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849010979 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849010978 |
| Author: | David Dickinson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable Crime |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2001 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 165mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Lord Francis Powerscourt |
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Critics Review
Dickinson textures his canvas with historical detail as thick as the oil paint on one of his favourite paintings by Turner.– Kirkus Reviews
‘This is detective fiction in the grand style; the characters and the plot soar upwards and carry us in their wake. Powerscourt’s debut in this intoxicating book is the start of a gilded life in the archives of crime.’ - James Naughtie
Dickinson textures his canvas with historical detail as thick as the oil paint on one of his favourite paintings by Turner. - Kirkus ReviewsA cracking yarn, beguilingly real from start to finish… you have to pinch yourself to remind you that it is fiction - or is it? - Peter SnowAbout The Author
David Dickinson
David Dickinson was born in Dublin. With an honours degree in Classics from Cambridge, David Dickinson joined the BBC, where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama, as well as series editor for Monarchy, a three-part programme on the British royal family.
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