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The Danvers Jewels

Mary Cholmondeley (1859 - 1925)

Colonel Middleton is entrusted by his critically ill military superior, Sir John Danvers, with carrying some valuable family jewels from India back to his nephew, Ralph, in England. Ralph is a younger son, but is favoured over his brother, Sir Charles Danvers, who becomes a suspect when, in the course of a large house party and some amateur theatricals, the jewels go missing. The story follows what happens to the jewels. (Summary by Simon Evers)

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

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