Cordelia Frances Biddle, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $23.95 (306p) ISBN 978-0-312-35246-2
Sordid secrets of the rich and powerful drive the plot of Biddle's unconvincing Philadelphia historical, the first of a new series. One morning in 1842, Main Line financier Lemuel Beale fails to return from a routine hunting trip; his capable...
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Cordelia Frances Biddle, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $24.95 (306p) ISBN 978-0-312-38338-1
Set in Philadelphia in 1842, Biddle's second mystery to feature upper-class amateur sleuth Martha Beale (after 2007's The Conjurer
) offers fully human characters and a credible plot. When a wealthy young woman goes missing, Martha and...
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Cordelia Frances Biddle, Author Simon & Schuster $21.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-78703-5
Though slow-moving, contrived and sentimental, this first novel offers a sensitively detailed picture of a vanished class structure and way of life, as well as colorful settings in various exotic countries. In 1889, well-born Eugenia Paine of...
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Cordelia Frances Biddle, Author Minotaur Books $24.95 (274p) ISBN 978-0-312-35247-9
Set in Philadelphia in 1842, Biddle's second mystery to feature upper-class amateur sleuth Martha Beale (after 2007's ""The Conjurer"") offers fully human characters and a credible plot. When a wealthy young woman goes missing, Martha and Thomas...
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Cordelia Frances Biddle. Westholme, $26 (280p) ISBN 978-1594162114
Novelist and teacher Biddle (Without Fear) explores the remarkable life of St. Katharine Drexel. Born on the cusp of the Civil War to one of Philadelphia's most prominent families, Drexel enjoyed a privileged youth. In the aftermath of the loss of...
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