The music of the spheres

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Title:

Author:

Redfern, Elizabeth.

ISBN:

9780712684309

9780712674911

Personal Author:

Redfern, Elizabeth.

Publication Information:

London : Century, 2001.

Physical Description:

424 pages ; 24 cm

Abstract:

London, the summer of 1795. Jonathan Absey is a Home Office clerk whose task it is to smash the spy rings. Yet he is also driven by a private agenda: to unmask the killer of his daughter. A chance sighting in a tavern, another murder and a coded letter lead him to Kensington and the French astronomers.

Subject Term:

Astronomy -- Societies, etc. -- Fiction.

Murder victims' families -- Fiction.

Intelligence officers -- Fiction.

Astronomers -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.

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Summary

Summer 1795, and London is thronging with French emigres. Rumours of spies and intrigue are rife. One faction under suspicion is the Montpellier circle, a group of astronomers searching for a planet they call Selene. Jonathan Absey of the Home Office is charged with smashing the French spy ring.