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The Bishop's Secret
Fergus Hume
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Bishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit from a disreputable-looking visitor. The bishop is much upset. What transpired between them that has so upset the good churchman? And then there is the murder. Fergus Hume was one of the most prolific and most popular of 19th century novelists.
Bishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit from a disreputable-looking visitor. The bishop is much upset. What transpired between them that has so upset the good churchman? And then there is the murder. Fergus Hume was one of the most prolific and most popular of 19th century novelists.
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'Thank you, I can come with you now,' was Gabriel's reply, made with a burning desire to knock Cargrim down. 'Miss Mosk, I am glad to find that your mother is easier in her mind.'
'It's all due to you, Mr Pendle,' said Bell, moving forward with a toss of her head directed especially at Mr Cargrim. 'Your visits do mother a great deal of good.'
'I am sure they do,' said the chaplain, not able to forego giving the girl a scratch of his claws. 'Mr Pendle's visits here must be delightful to everybody.'
'I daresay,' retorted Bell, with heightened colour, 'other people's visits would not be so welcome.'
'Perhaps not, Miss Mosk. Mr Pendle has many amiable qualities to recommend him. He is a general and deserved favourite.'
'Come, come, Cargrim,' interposed Gabriel, anxiously, for the fair Bell's temper was rapidly getti. . . Read More
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A turn-of-the-century mystery with an interesting cast of ecclesiastical characters - the bishop with a mysterious secret, the sons with scandalous romantic interests, the interfering busybody, the ambitious chaplain and, most interesting of all, a religiously-motivated detective. Ben Baltic describ
My favourite of Hume's books (thus far)
It's a classic turn of the century tale and you can really see the evolving tastes in literature as we have left the fussy, prudish, moralistic mid-victorian ideals of novels far behind. though the 'protagonist' (putting that in quotes because there are so many
I think I wasn't in the right mood for this Victorian mystery. The unpleasant Uriah Heep character was too unpleasant to handle, and the eponymous bishop's secret is of no interest to me. Or it could be the affectations of the narrator. At any rate, I only got in a few chapters and abandoned it for
Libro muy interesante y entretenido. En la última parte me ha recordado un poco a los libros típicos de detectives. Hay que decir que me han sorprendido los secretos que hemos ido averiguando poco a poco. Los personajes aunque los conocemos casi desde el principio a todos van evolucionando y cambian