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Synopsis
Ida "Jack" Troutbeck, rumbustious Mistress of St. Martha's College, Cambridge, is joining the Establishment - soon to be elevated to peer in the House of Lords. Although she finds the dafter aspects of the House of Lords hilarious, from the first day she becomes enthusiastically involved in its work. Disinclined to watch her language or moderate her manners, she causes consternation among conventional peers, but plots vigorously with others - including a mischievous duke - to defeat an anti-hunting bill she violently opposes.
To assist her, Baroness Troutbeck conscripts her friend Robert Amiss, academic and reluctant sleuth. His initial liberal wavering about the rights and wrongs of the old English fox hunt quickly gives way to a determination to defeat the puritans and fanatics who abound among the animal activists. Though hampered by the eccentrics and bores on his side, he and the baroness are feeling confident of winning this contentious battle, when a campaign of intimidation begins.
What follows rocks the seeming perpetual calm of the noble half of Parliament. A murderous attempt is made on an esteemed lord, and then a week later a ghastly explosion inside the House of Lords kills several peers. Robert Amiss finds himself in the middle of the foray, and he must discover who is responsible before more innocent people are killed. What he learns may leave the Establishment reeling in controversy.
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About the Author
Ruth Dudley Edwards was born in Dublin and now lives in London. A historian and prize-winning biographer, her most recent non-fiction includes the authorized history of The Economist, a portrait of the British Foreign Office, written with its co-operation, and ‘The Faithful Tribe’, a portrait of the Orange Order. Three of her satirical crime novels featuring Baroness Troutbeck have been short-listed for awards from the Crime Writers’ Association.
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