EAN 9780345510631

Dorchester Terrace "[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue. "--"The New York Times Book Review" Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain's Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line, on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel.