- Mystery, Physicians, Literature, Hemophilia
The current Lord Nanther (Martin) is going to write a biography of his ancestor, the first Lord Nanther (Henry). This first Lord Nanther was a physician of Queen Victoria, and was specialized in blood desaeses (haemophilia). Martin discovers a well kept family secret, that influences the whole family, until today. Meanwhile he has his own personal problems, with the heritidary peers of the house of Lords being discarded and a wife trying to get pregnant.
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Classical in form, grave and earnest.
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- Author
- Ruth Rendell
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 388
- Publisher
- BCA, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, Penguin Group UK
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780754009412
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“Blood is going to be its theme.”
Ruth Barbara Rendell is an English crime author (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Rendell>Wikipedia</a>).
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