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Bezig met laden... Café Europadoor Ed Ifkovic
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. On the eve of WWI in Budapest, Edna and her companion spend their days exploring the city and chatting with fellow travelers in the Cafe Europa. It is at the cafe where they first meet young Cassandra Blaine and end up in the middle of a mystery. Lots of historical and political content, particularly about Emperor Franz Joseph and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While I would have appreciated more descriptions of the city, what was there was interesting as were the varied cast of characters and the information about the political climate in Budapest at the time. Edna is a likable character, as is her companion Winifred Moss, a British suffragette. The mystery is well paced and the supporting characters clearly drawn. I look forward to reading more Edna Ferber mysteries. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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In 1914, as rumors of war float across Europe, Edna Ferber travels to Budapest with Winifred Moss, a famous London suffragette, to visit the homeland of her dead father and to see the sights. Author Edna is fascinated by ancient Emperor Franz Joseph and by the faltering Austro-Hungarian Empire, its pomp and circumstance so removed from the daily life of the people she meets. Sitting daily in the Café Europa at her hotel, she listens to unfettered Hearst reporter Harold Gibbon as he predicts the coming war and the end of feudalistic life in Europe while patrons chatter. Then a shocking murder in a midnight garden changes everything. Headstrong Cassandra Blaine is supposed to marry into the Austrian nobility in one of those arranged matches like Consuela Vanderbilt's still popular with wealthy American parents eager for titles and impoverished European nobility who have them to offer. But Cassandra is murdered, and her former lover, the dashing Hungarian Endre Molnár, is the prime suspect. Taken with the young man and convinced of his innocence, Edna begins investigating with the help of Winifred and two avant-garde Hungarian artists. Meanwhile possible war with Serbia is the topic of the day as Archduke Franz Ferdinand prepares to head to Sarajevo. While the world braces for disaster, Edna uncovers the truth - and it scares her. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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