An Oxford Tragedy
Penguin Main Series Number 209. 1st Edition, published 1939.
Francis Wheatley Winn, Senior Tutor at St Thomas' College, is ready for a cosy night of dining, port, and pleasant company. Ernst Brendel, Viennese lawyer and crime specialist, has come to Oxford to lecture in Law, and the regular residents of St Thomas' are pleased to have such an interesting guest to liven up their after dinner chat. Talk soon turns to murder, and Winn finds the subject altogether unpalatable, even if his colleagues seem to relish the details of past cases Brendel has worked on. But then real Murder breaks the cosy calm of the evening, shocking the inhabitants out of their frivolous talk. Now Winn must overcome his distaste to work with Brendel in uncovering the perpetrator of this terrible crime.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Pencil signature and some small stains to front cover. Reglued split and bottom of spine. Wear to ends of slightly grubby spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series Number 209. 1st Edition, published 1939.
Francis Wheatley Winn, Senior Tutor at St Thomas' College, is ready for a cosy night of dining, port, and pleasant company. Ernst Brendel, Viennese lawyer and crime specialist, has come to Oxford to lecture in Law, and the regular residents of St Thomas' are pleased to have such an interesting guest to liven up their after dinner chat. Talk soon turns to murder, and Winn finds the subject altogether unpalatable, even if his colleagues seem to relish the details of past cases Brendel has worked on. But then real Murder breaks the cosy calm of the evening, shocking the inhabitants out of their frivolous talk. Now Winn must overcome his distaste to work with Brendel in uncovering the perpetrator of this terrible crime.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Pencil signature and some small stains to front cover. Reglued split and bottom of spine. Wear to ends of slightly grubby spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series Number 209. 1st Edition, published 1939.
Francis Wheatley Winn, Senior Tutor at St Thomas' College, is ready for a cosy night of dining, port, and pleasant company. Ernst Brendel, Viennese lawyer and crime specialist, has come to Oxford to lecture in Law, and the regular residents of St Thomas' are pleased to have such an interesting guest to liven up their after dinner chat. Talk soon turns to murder, and Winn finds the subject altogether unpalatable, even if his colleagues seem to relish the details of past cases Brendel has worked on. But then real Murder breaks the cosy calm of the evening, shocking the inhabitants out of their frivolous talk. Now Winn must overcome his distaste to work with Brendel in uncovering the perpetrator of this terrible crime.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Pencil signature and some small stains to front cover. Reglued split and bottom of spine. Wear to ends of slightly grubby spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
