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The China Governess: Albert Campion #17 (Volume 17) Paperback – November 16, 2010

by Margery Allingham (Author)
The golden sprig of a rich aristocratic family, Timothy Kinnit is about to marry the girl of his dreams. But when rumors start to circulate about his parentage, the young lady's father puts the kibosh on the wedding, and shortly thereafter, Timothy becomes the chief suspect in a housebreaking and a suspicious death. When Mr. Campion gets involved, he finds that somebody will go to very ugly lengths to keep Timothy from finding the answers he needs.
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  1. Book 17 of 21
    The Albert Campion Mysteries
  2. Print length
    304 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Felony & Mayhem
  5. Publication date
    November 16, 2010
  6. Dimensions
    5.65 x 0.6 x 7.57 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1934609633
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1934609637
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Margery Allingham published her first novel before turning twenty. She went on to become one of the pre-eminent writers who helped bring the detective story to maturity in the 1920s and 1930s

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Margery Allingham

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Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immersed in literature. Her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, was published in 1923 when she was 19. Her first work of detective fiction was a serialized story published by the Daily Express in 1927. Entitled The White Cottage Mystery, it contained atypical themes for a woman writer of the era. Her breakthrough occurred in 1929 with the publication of The Crime at Black Dudley. This introduced Albert Campion, albeit originally as a minor character. He returned in Mystery Mile, thanks in part to pressure from her American publishers, much taken with the character. Campion proved so successful that Allingham made him the centrepiece of another 17 novels and over 20 short stories, continuing into the 1960s.