Death and the Jubilee (Lord Francis Powerscourt, #2)
By: David Dickinson
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The second Lord Francis Powerscourt murder mystery opens in the England of 1897. The immensely impo…
Want to Read $ 3.99"Wouldn’t it be grand,’ Fitzgerald was looking down at a bunch of dead flowers, ‘if people actually said what they meant on these bloody tombs.’ ‘What do you mean, Johnny?’ asked Powerscourt. ’Delighted he’s gone,’ said Fitzgerald cheerfully, ‘Thank you, God, for taking the old bastard away. Gone but not remembered. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, not a moment too soon. May her life be as miserable where she’s gone as she made mine here on earth, that sort of thing.’ ‘You’re a bad person, Johnny,’ Powerscourt laughed."-David Dickinson, Death and the Jubilee (Lord Francis Powerscourt, #2)
"Wouldn’t it be grand,’ Fitzgerald was looking down at a bunch of dead flowers, ‘if people actually said what they meant on these bloody tombs.’ ‘What do you mean, Johnny?’ asked Powerscourt. ’Delighted he’s gone,’ said Fitzgerald cheerfully, ‘Thank you, God, for taking the old bastard away. Gone but not remembered. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, not a moment too soon. May her life be as miserable where she’s gone as she made mine here on earth, that sort of thing.’ ‘You’re a bad person, Johnny,’ Powerscourt laughed."-David Dickinson, Death and the Jubilee (Lord Francis Powerscourt, #2)
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31. Death and the Jubilee (Lord Francis Powerscourt, #2)
By: David Dickinson
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Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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"Wouldn’t it be grand,’ Fitzgerald was looking down at a bunch of dead flowers, ‘if people actually said what they meant on these bloody tombs.’ ‘What do you mean, Johnny?’ asked Powerscourt. ’Delight…"-David Dickinson, Death and the Jubilee (Lord Francis Powerscourt, #2)
