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Farthing follows the investigation of a murder at Lord and Lady Eversley's country home in an alternate 1941 Britain, where a coalition of aristocrats has overthrown Winston Churchill and allied with Adolf Hitler. The crime draws suspicion onto David Kahn, the Jewish husband of Lucy Eversley, amid a backdrop of political intrigue, war, and intrigue about loyalty and identity.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Jo Walton
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