Weighed in the Balance (Inspector William Monk Mystery)

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It's 1859 an throughout Europe tremendous upheavals have taken place. Hester Laterly is nurse to the sick son of a German Baron und his family, who have moed to London. Handsome Prince Freidrich was one of just two heirs to the crown, considered the perfect match by every woman of the land. But during an affair with Countess Zorah Rostova, he meets the alluring an sophisticated Gisela - with wohm he falls deeply in love. He can have Gisela or the crown, but not both. He chooses Gisela, marries her in Venice and, after many years, tragically dies in England.

Now Countess Zorah, having accused the widowed Princess of murdering Friedrich, is being sued in the biggest slander trial of the century - and the only way that she can defend herself is to prove that Gisela is indeed guilty. ...

William Monk, viktorianische Krimis