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 Traitor's Purse - Margery Allingham
 Traitor's Purse - Margery Allingham ... accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancee, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces together while the very fate of England is at stake.Newest Review: ... in her darkest hour. A mysterious organisation aims to destabilise the country, but the means or motive are unknown. As ... more ... Campion struggles to piece together fragments, unable through his mental fog to perceive whom he can trust, he also unwittingly alienates Amanda Fitton, his fiancée. Finally he is arrested for the murder of a policeman while on the trail of counterfeit money.
Campion is named after a hedgerow flower, of which there are two varieties, the white and the pink, often seen doubleheaded in gardens.
Her preceding books such as Sweet Danger and Mystery Mile were both published in the 1930’s. Set mostly in Essex and Suff...more |
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Traitor's Purse - Margery Allingham: The Double Campion (724 words)
by - written on 29/10/06 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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Think film noir. Trilby hats. Dark shadows. Blackouts and fifth columnists. The year is 1941 and Britain is at war. Albert Campion awakes in hospital, with no memory of how he got there. All that he knows in his amnesiac state, is the importance of the number 15 and that the fate of the country depends on him. There is no gentle introduction to the discovery of a body in Chapter Two and Campion is evidently in the thick of it as soon as he comes around. Believing he has murdered a policeman, he escapes hospital by setting off a fire alarm and posing as a fireman, finally stealing a car (albeit one that seems strangely familiar). ... Read the complete review
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