The Fatal Fashione: An Elizabeth I Mystery
- ISBN-10
- 0312338856
- ISBN-13
- 9780312338855
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Karen Harper
Description
The invention of starch has a profound influence on the fashion styles of Elizabethan England, but the lucrative commodity also leads to the murder of the royal starcher, followed by the killings of two other women and intrigue that could threaten the life of Queen Elizabeth I herself. 20,000 first printing.
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