Книга: THOMPSON, VICTORIA «MURDER ON AMSTERDAM AVENUE»
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Производитель: "Неизвестный" In this Gaslight Mystery from the national bestselling author of Murder in Murray Hill, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy investigate a murder in the secretive high-society world of nineteenth-century New York City... A Gaslight Mystery In the midst of Sarah and Frank`s wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where the son of family friends has died unexpectedly. Charles Fairfax had been ill with a mysterious disease before dying. It was a tragic and all too common story--or so it seems. Charles`s father asks to speak with Sarah privately. He believes his son was poisoned and would like Sarah and Frank to look into the matter with the utmost discretion. Putting their own family business on hold, Sarah and Frank soon learn that not everyone wants to know more about Charles`s death, particularly if he was murdered. As they unravel secrets that reach back to the War Between the States, they also discover... ISBN:9780425260470 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2015)
ISBN: 9780425260470 |
Thompson
I. biographical name Benjamin 1753-1814 Count Rumford British (American-born) physicist & statesman II. biographical name Dorothy 1894-1961 American journalist III. biographical name Francis 1859-1907 English poet IV. biographical name Sir John Sparrow David 1844-1894 Canadian statesman; prime minister (1892-94) V. biographical name Tommy George 1941- United States secretary of health and human services (2001- ) VI. geographical name river 304 miles (489 kilometers) Canada in S British Columbia flowing S (as the North Thompson) & thence W & SW into the Fraser; joined by a branch, the South Thompson
Источник: Thompson
Victoria
Victoria Vic*to"ri*a, n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The {Victoria regia} is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
[1913 Webster]
2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also {Clio}.
[1913 Webster]
4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Victoria cross}, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
{Victoria green}. (Chem.) See {Emerald green}, under {Green}.
{Victoria lily} (Bot.), the {Victoria regia}. See def. 1, above. [1913 Webster]
Источник: Victoria
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