Lady Bette and the murder of Mr Thynn
by Pickford, N. A.
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BookPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2014ISBN: 9780297870852; 0297870858.Classification number: 941.066 PICSubject(s): Thynne 1648-1682 | Percy 1667-1722 | Konigsmarck 1659-1686 | Murder -- England -- History -- 17th century | Trials (Murder) -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century | Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685Subject: Lady Bette, the 14-year-old heiress to the vast Northumberland estates, becomes the victim of a plot by her grandmother, the Countess Howard, to marry her to the dissolute fortune-hunter Thomas Thynn, a man three times her age with an evil reputation. Revolted by her new husband, Lady Bette flees to Holland. Within weeks, Thynn is gunned down in the street by three hired assassins. Who is behind the contract killing? Is it the Swedish Count Konigsmark, young and glamorous with blond hair down to his waist? Or is it a political assassination, as the anti-Catholic press maintains?
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| 941.063 KEA The restless republic : Britain without a crown / | 941.065 FIT Return of the king: the restoration of Charles II | 941.066 HAR Restoration: | 941.066 PIC Lady Bette and the murder of Mr Thynn | 941.066 SPE To catch a king / | 941.0709 BRA The fall of the House of Byron : scandal and seduction in Georgian England / | 941.073 ACK A history of England. |
Includes bibliographical references and index
Lady Bette, the 14-year-old heiress to the vast Northumberland estates, becomes the victim of a plot by her grandmother, the Countess Howard, to marry her to the dissolute fortune-hunter Thomas Thynn, a man three times her age with an evil reputation. Revolted by her new husband, Lady Bette flees to Holland. Within weeks, Thynn is gunned down in the street by three hired assassins. Who is behind the contract killing? Is it the Swedish Count Konigsmark, young and glamorous with blond hair down to his waist? Or is it a political assassination, as the anti-Catholic press maintains?
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