Cool Repentance
1982
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3.23
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222
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Christabel Cartwright, a celebrated actress, had left her luxurious country house, its staff of servants, and her husband for a reckless affair. She thought she could come back without penalty. She also thought she could resume her career by starring in two plays. Her director was delighted, as was Megalith Television. But one person in Christabel’s circle was not glad to have her back. What happens next leads the elegant reporter/sleuth Jemima Shore through thickets of human emotions, in the larger-than-life world of the theater, on a trail of murder.
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3.23
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Author
Antonia Fraser
Author · 32 books
Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works, including the biographies Mary, Queen of Scots (a 40th anniversary edition was published in May 2009), Cromwell: Our Chief of Men, King Charles II and The Gunpowder Plot (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised books which focus on women in history, The Weaker Vessel: Women's Lot in Seventeenth Century Britain (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), The Warrior Queens: Boadecia's Chariot, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Marie Antoinette: The Journey (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and most recently Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King. She was awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. Antonia Fraser was made DBE in 2011 for her services to literature. Her most recent book is Must You Go?, celebrating her life with Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve 2008. She lives in London.
