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A real murder, a real family and a brand new crime fiction heroine are woven together to make a fascinating, and highly enjoyable, read. I loved it.
Julian Fellowes, creator and writer of Downton Abbey and Belgravia

The first in a series of thrilling Golden Age-style mysteries, set among the Mitford sisters, and based on a real unsolved murder, by Jessica Fellowes, author of the New York Times bestselling Downton Abbey books.

It''s 1920, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London.

Louisa''s salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursemaid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy, an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories.

But then a nurseFlorence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesakeis killed on a train in broad daylight, and

The Mitford Murders

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      Publisher Minotaur Books
      Published 16 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9781250170798
      978-1250170798
      ISBN-10 1250170796

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A real murder, a real family and a brand new crime fiction heroine are woven together to make a fascinating, and highly enjoyable, read. I loved it.
      Julian Fellowes, creator and writer of Downton Abbey and Belgravia

      The first in a series of thrilling Golden Age-style mysteries, set among the Mitford sisters, and based on a real unsolved murder, by Jessica Fellowes, author of the New York Times bestselling Downton Abbey books.

      It''s 1920, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London.

      Louisa''s salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursemaid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy, an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories.

      But then a nurseFlorence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesakeis killed on a train in broad daylight, and

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