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Death at the Durbar : a Maharaja mystery / Arjun Raj Gaind.
Van Pelt Library PR9499.4.G35 D43 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaind, Arjun, author.
- Series:
- Gaind, Arjun. Maharaja mystery ; 2nd.
- Maharajah Mysteries ; 2nd
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936.
- Great Britain. Army.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Fiction.
- India.
- History.
- George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936--Fiction.
- George.
- Great Britain. Army--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Young women--Crimes against--Fiction.
- Young women.
- Young women--Crimes against.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- History.
- Mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 307 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "December, 1911. A vast tent city has sprung up outside the old walled enclave of Mughal Delhi, where the British are hosting a grand Durbar to celebrate the coronation of the new King, George V. Maharaja Sikander Singh of Rajpore is growing increasingly bored, cooling his heels at the Majestic Hotel as he awaits George V's arrival. Just as his frustration is about to peak, a pair of British officers shoulders in. They insist that he accompany them to the British Encampment. Lord Hardinge, overruling several subordinates, tells Sikander that his services as a sleuth are needed by King and country. Sworn to secrecy, Sikander is ushered into George V's personal chambers. And there he finds the cause for his extraordinary summons--an exquisite nautch-girl, hanged until dead. Employing techniques he has learned from studying Eugene Vidocq and Sherlock Holmes, Sikander examines the scene and demonstrates the girl was not a suicide, but murdered"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781464209208
- 1464209200
- OCLC:
- 1023114423
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