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John Rawlings, the exuberant young apothecary, is celebrating in The Devil's Tavern, a popular if notorious haunt for sailors and smugglers. Stumbling across a corpse that has been fished out of the Thames, he identifies it as Sir William Hartfield, the bridegroom who had failed to show at his own wedding earlier that day. As the drowning reveals itself as murder, Rawlings is called upon by London's revered sightless magistrate, John Fielding, to investigate the colourful members of Sir show more William's family - from terrible old Lady Hodkin to her downtrodden daughter, and from Roger, flamboyant man of fashion to the outrageous twins who share an elaborate past. show lessTags
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1755 John Rawlings and his friend Samuel Swann are celebrating at the Devil's Tavern. During the night his sleep is disturbed, and discovers a body. A body that has been retrieved from the Thames. His curiosity gets the better of him and he examines the corpse. He identifies it as Sir William Hartfield, the bridegroom who was suppose to have married earlier that morning.
He is requested by Fielding to investigate the death.
An enjoyable and well-written mystery
He is requested by Fielding to investigate the death.
An enjoyable and well-written mystery
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- Canonical title*
- La taverna del diavolo
- Original title
- Death at the Devil's Tavern
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Sir John Fielding; John Rawlings
- Important events
- Georgian Era (1714 | 1837)
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