A Dead Man In Naples
by Michael Pearce | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1444804847 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1444804847 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ealasaidmae of New Orleans, Louisiana USA on 8/2/2014
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"1913. Junior British consular official Scampion arrives in sun-baked Naples - banished from Florence, following his involvement with D'Annunzio: poet, Nationalist and revolutionary. He brings the new craze sweeping Italy: bicycling. But walking home one day after a bicycle race, he's stabbed to death. Is Scampion's murder linked to the race? Neapolitans, being great gamblers, will bet on anything, including a bicycle race. And where there is gambling there is also the Camorra, the Neapolitan secret society. But the Foreign Office, with information that the murder might be linked to high politics in Rome, send their man Seymour to investigate..."
"1913. Junior British consular official Scampion arrives in sun-baked Naples - banished from Florence, following his involvement with D'Annunzio: poet, Nationalist and revolutionary. He brings the new craze sweeping Italy: bicycling. But walking home one day after a bicycle race, he's stabbed to death. Is Scampion's murder linked to the race? Neapolitans, being great gamblers, will bet on anything, including a bicycle race. And where there is gambling there is also the Camorra, the Neapolitan secret society. But the Foreign Office, with information that the murder might be linked to high politics in Rome, send their man Seymour to investigate..."
Yay for bicycling! And double yay for screwing over the Mafia!
Journal Entry 3 by ealasaidmae at Bayou St. John in New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Saturday, September 27, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (9/27/2014 UTC) at Bayou St. John in New Orleans, Louisiana USA
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Bench on the path along City Park Ave near Carrollton
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