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The countess of Prague / Stephen Weeks. by Weeks, Stephen. Poisoned Pen Press, 2017. Call #: FICTION WEE Subjects Countesses -- Fiction.   Women detectives -- Fiction.   Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.   Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Series Weeks, Stephen. Countess of Prague mysteries ; 1. ISBN:  9781464208423 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  293 p. ; 23 cm. Summary:  "The Countess of Prague is the wonderfully exciting introduction to Beatrice von Falklenburg, known to her intimates as Trixie, who will lead us from Prague through Europe and occasionally beyond on a ten-book set of investigations that begins in 1904 and finishes in 1914. The assassination of the Archduke in Sarajevo that summer effectively ended the Old Europe into which she was born to a noble Czech father and an English mother. Through the lens of Trixie, whose own journey from pampered aristocrat (albeit in a polite and impoverished marriage) to a degree of emancipation has an exciting yet humorous and sympathetic dynamic, we witness stirring events and societal shifts. Trixie begins her new career at 28. She's leading a society life and growing apart from her husband although she is as yet too conventional to take a lover. When the brutalized body of an old man once under the command of her military uncle is fished from the Vltava, she takes to the role of a detective and finds solace in it, mixing with ease with kings and princes, but never losing touch with ordinary men and women with whom her new role often puts her in contact. Investigating alters the formality of her relations with her servants and with public officials as we see when she encounters her butler in an unexpected role (and place) and then goes undercover (as a young man) on a train journey to Paris and London. Eventually, liaising with various officials, she arrives at Marienbad, the famous Czech spa, where Edward VII of England and his nephew Kaiser Wilhelm have staged a surprising May meeting... and it is here that the mystery unfolds."--From publisher. Genre:  Historical mystery fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION WEE Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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