Description
Julia Probyn, journalist and amateur sleuth, must acquaint herself with the world of counterespionage. Hetta, a young Hungarian Countess, just released from behind the Iron Curtain, is drawn into a communist plot. Together the two young women will need all of their strength to unravel the schemes and machinations closing in from all sides. With Ann Bridge's talent for evoking place and mixing mystery with humour, The Portuguese Escape, book two in The Julia Probyn Mysteries, is full of danger and adventure amidst Communist intrigue.
About the Author
Ann Bridge (1889-1974), or Lady Mary Dolling (Sanders) O'Malley was born in Hertfordshire. Bridge's novels concern her experiences of the British Foreign Office community in Peking in China, where she lived for two years with her diplomat husband. Her novels combine courtship plots with vividly-realized settings and demure social satire. Bridge went on to write novels around a serious investigation of modern historical developments. In the 1970s Bridge began to write thrillers centered on a female amateur detective, Julia Probyn, as well writing travel books and family memoirs. Her books were praised for their faithful representation of foreign countries which was down to personal experience and thorough research.
Reviews
An intricate story of international counterespionage; an adventure tale which carries one breathless through its ramifications; a romance with a happy ending * Kirkus *
Book Information
ISBN 9781448205721
Author Ann Bridge
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint Bloomsbury Reader
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series The Julia Probyn Mysteries
Weight(grams) 430g
About the Author
Ann Bridge (1889-1974), or Lady Mary Dolling (Sanders) O'Malley was born in Hertfordshire. Bridge's novels concern her experiences of the British Foreign Office community in Peking in China, where she lived for two years with her diplomat husband. Her novels combine courtship plots with vividly-realized settings and demure social satire. Bridge went on to write novels around a serious investigation of modern historical developments. In the 1970s Bridge began to write thrillers centered on a female amateur detective, Julia Probyn, as well writing travel books and family memoirs. Her books were praised for their faithful representation of foreign countries which was down to personal experience and thorough research.
Reviews
An intricate story of international counterespionage; an adventure tale which carries one breathless through its ramifications; a romance with a happy ending * Kirkus *
Book Information
ISBN 9781448205721
Author Ann Bridge
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint Bloomsbury Reader
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series The Julia Probyn Mysteries
Weight(grams) 430g
