Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)
by Anne Perry
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Author: Anne PerryEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-02-28
ISBN: 0449000869
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Reviews of Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)
Book Review: Not One of Perry's Best; However..
Summary: 3 Stars
I did not care for this book with Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. My
"however" was due to, it does give alot of interesting information
on the Catholic/Protestant problem that has been going on, it seems
since the beginning of time. On page 80, there is one very simplistic
explanation given by Charlotte to Gracie, her maid. Gracie ca nt
understand the reason behind all of the tragedy and bloodshed over
two religions battling each other. It makes no sense to her (I,m with
Gracie-it doesnt really make any sense). Charlotte: The Scots came from
Ireland and took over Scotland By this time the Scots were protestants
and then many Scots went back to Ireland finding Ireland is now mostly
Catholic. Gracie: then they shouldn't oughta gone back(I,m with Gracie
again!) Charlotte: possibly not, but it's too late now. We cant go forward from anywhere except where we are at the moment. That would
fit every part of our lives.
Summary of Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)
When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gather at a country house to discuss Irish home rule, contention is to be expected. But when the meeting's moderator, government bigwig Ainsley Greville, is found murdered in his bath, negotiations seem doomed. To make matters worse, it appears the late Greville may have led a less than savory personal life.Unless Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, can root out the truth, simmering hatreds and passions may again explode in murder, the home rule movement may collapse, and civil war may destroy all of Ireland. . . .
Longtime readers of Anne Perry will be familiar with Inspector Thomas Pitt, the low-born London copper with a better-born wife, Charlotte. Set during the Victorian era, Perry's mysteries usually examine the dark underbelly of aristocratic life. Homosexuality, adultery, and pedophilia have all been subjects of her previous books; in Ashworth Hall she injects a new ingredient: politics.
Ashworth Hall is the name of an estate where, in the autumn of 1890, a highly secret meeting is being held to discuss Anglo-Irish relations. The "Irish Problem" soon takes a backseat to murder, however, and Inspector Pitt, who as the son of servants grew up on just such an estate, is called in to solve the case. While he investigates below-stairs, Charlotte gathers clues above. As usual, their collaboration is successful, both in crime-solving and as literature.
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