· See All 9 Editions from $ In a sensational breach-of-promise suit, two wealthy social climbers are suing on behalf of their beautiful daughter, Zillah. The defendant is Zillah's alleged fianc, brilliant young architect Killian Melville, who adamantly declares that he will not, cannot, marry her. Utterly baffled by his client's refusal, Melville's counsel, Sir Oliver Rathbone, turns to his old comrades in /5(5). Read a review of A Breach of Promise.. Read a review of Brunswick Gardens.. In her bio -- not a book you understand, but part of the package sent to wandering journalists (that'd be me) in advance of an interview -- Anne Perry writes, "I was born in London, England in , a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for. A breach of promise, Anne Perry. The item A breach of promise, Anne Perry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This .
A Breach of Promise. Last Updated on May 6, , by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: Anne Perry, a past master of Victorian mysteries that sharply critique the mores of the day, further. Anne Perry. In a sensational breach of promise suit, two wealthy social climbers are suing on behalf of their beautiful daughter, Zillah. The defendant is Zillah's alleged fiance, brilliant young architect Killian Melville, who adamantly declares that he will not, cannot, marry her. Utterly baffled by his client's refusal, Melville's counsel. As Lambert family barrister Wystan Sacheverall calls witness after damning witness to the stand in the breach-of-promise suit the Lamberts have entered on behalf of their blushing daughter, Rathbone, convinced that his client is holding out on him and desperate to discover his secret, engages bulldog inquiry agent William Monk, abetted as usual.
A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry. Posted by leslieashmore. 0. An unusual law suit is occurring in London, in the early ’s; a very prominent family is suing a. A Breach of Promise. In a sensational breach-of-promise suit, two wealthy social climbers are suing on behalf of their beautiful daughter, Zillah. The defendant is Zillah’s alleged fiancé, brilliant young architect Killian Melville, who adamantly declares that he will not, cannot, marry her. Utterly baffled by his client’s refusal, Melville’s counsel, Sir Oliver Rathbone, turns to his old comrades in crime—William Monk and nurse Hester Latterly. Anne Perry is known for her slow burn start mysteries. In A Breach of Promise she takes this to a new level especially for the first six chapters you feel as if you are plodding through London cobblestone by cobblestone without getting anywhere. The only interesting things happening in seven chapters is the introduction of Hester's new patient Lieutenant Gabriel Sheldon and a homosexual relationship charge.
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