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To die like a gentleman

by Robert Barnard · 1993

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Told through diaries and letters, a mystery, set in England in 1942, follows a young governess who is faced with a sinister manservant, a master's tyranny, and a situation fraught with bitter rivalries, intense hatreds, and murder.

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
musiciansmusiciansMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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