Lady Bette and the murder of Mr Thynn : [a scandalous story of marriage and betrayal in restoration England] / N. A. Pickford.
ISBN
9780297870852 : £20.00
Dewey Classmark
364.152
B/THY
941.0660922
Local Shelfmark
W 364.152 PIC
Personal Author
Pickford, N. A.
Publication
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2014.
Physical Description
308 p. ; 24 cm
Note
Subtitle from cover.
Summary of Contents
Lady Bette, the 14-year-old heiress to the vast Northumberland estates, becomes the victim of a plot by her grandmother, the Countess Howard, to marry her to the dissolute fortune-hunter Thomas Thynn, a man three times her age with an evil reputation. Revolted by her new husband, Lady Bette flees to Holland. Within weeks, Thynn is gunned down in the street by three hired assassins. Who is behind the contract killing? Is it the Swedish Count Konigsmark, young and glamorous with blond hair down to his waist? Or is it a political assassination, as the anti-Catholic press maintains?
Language Note
English.
Subject - Personal Name
Thynne, Thomas, 1648-1682.
Percy, Elizabeth, Lady, 1667-1722.
Königsmarck, Carl Johan von, 1659-1686.
Subject
True crime (BTC). bicssc
Crime (CRI). bicssc
Murder History 17th century England.
Trials (Murder) History 17th century London.
Murder England History 17th century.
Trials (Murder) England London History 17th century.
History. eflch
History. ukslc
Subject - Geographical Name
Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685.
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