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Sir John Fielding has trailed a packet of controversial letters from London to the colony of Massachusetts. But when the suspect in the theft is found dead, Sir John turns his eye on the possible involvement of Benjamin Franklin.
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Classical in form, cool, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Bruce Alexander
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399149238
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