The sixth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by actor Edward Petherbridge - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries.Can Lord Peter Wimsey prove that Harriet Vane is not guilty of murder - or find the real poisoner in time to save her from the gallows?Impossible, it seems.The Crown's case is watertight. The police are adamant that the right person is on trial...
This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever...
?Detailed analysis of effects of war, revolution, famine, and pestilence upon the human mind, behavior, social organization, and cultural life, illustrated by well documented references to historical facts ranging from ancient Egypt to the Russian Revolution.?-Library Journal
