A Christmas Garland
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1620641143 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the British garrison, a guard is killed and an Indian prisoner escapes, which leads to yet more British deaths. Though chosen to defend Tallis, young Lieutenant Victor Narraway is not encouraged to try very hard. Cries for revenge are overwhelming. The trial of John Tallis equals the white-knuckle best of Anne Perrys breathtaking courtroom dramas, as Narraway struggles to persevere against appalling odds and a frightful injustice.. The year is 1857, soon after the tragic Siege of Cawnpore. In an alien world haunted by memories of massacre, he is the accused mans only hope. But inspired by a soldiers widow and her children, and by his own stubborn faith in justice, Narraway searches for the truth. Despite no witnesses and no evidence against him, a luckless British medical orderly named John Tallis is arrested as an accomplice simply because he was the only soldier unaccounted for when these baffling crimes were committed. Narraways superiors merely want a show trial
Narraway's First Investigation Christmas comes at the end of October for me with the arrival of Anne Perry's latest Christmas novel; it's a present I can't wait to open. And A Christmas Garland lives up to its promise. As I read the book, two movies came to mind for two different reasons. The first was Hart's War, which starred Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell. Set in a prisoner of war camp in World War II, the movie features a trial in which a young, green lieutenant (Farrell). Christmas in India This novel is set in Cawnpore, India after the Siege of Cawnpore, 1857. A man is accused, by being the only man not accountable for, of allowing a prison break, and subsequent murder of further British deaths.A young Lieutenant, Narraway, must try to defend John Tallis knowing that it is considered only a formality and that the judge has already determined his man's guilt.In two days, Narraway has to recreate the actual break and re-interview al. a terrific Christmas novella from Anne Perry Although I'd actually gotten a bit tired of these, for a change, I actually loved last year's annual Christmas novella from Anne Perry. She typically takes a minor character from one of her series and writes a non-traditional type of Christmas story around them.In this one, she takes a minor character from one of the Pitt novels, albeit a character I'm not familiar with, and goes back to his early days as a young lieutenant in India after a sieg
Tallis, however, proclaims his innocence, and Narraway believes him. Narraway worries his inexperience will cost Tallis his life, but then with the help of two children, he cracks the case. Perry’s tenth Christmas novel is a winner. From Booklist When Lieutenant Victor Narraway arrives in Cawnpore, India, emotions are still raw from the 1857 Indian mutiny and the atrocities that rebels committed at the Bibighar. The army wants the trial and execution held quickly, and the commanding officer doesn’t want Narraway making waves. This engaging historical mystery offers an introspective look at the character, Narraway, who will become the future boss of Thomas Pitt, star of Perry’s long-running series. After an investigation, the army found that medical orderly Corporal John Tallis was the only man who didn’t have an alibi during the escape. In addition, a prisoner, Dhuleep Singh
She lives in the Scottish Highlands.. Anne Perry is the author of two Victorian–era series––one featuring investigator William Monk, the other featuring police inspector Thomas Pitt––as well as a series set amid World War I