Death Called to the Bar

by David Dickinson

Book Overview

In February 1902, a feast is held at the Inns of Court, during which senior barrister Alexander Dauntsey collapses and dies. When a second barrister is shot dead shortly after, Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to conduct a discreet investigation. His inquiries take him to the heart of legal London, where the wills of the dead can reveal the crimes of the living, and he discovers a troubled marriage, seemingly broken by the lack of children. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786716967
• ISBN13: 9780786716968
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 8.8"