Author: Allingham, Margery (1904-1966)
Title: Look to the lady / Margery Allingham
Description: London: Penguin 1956. Reprint. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 279 pages: illustrations. 18 cm. Summary: An early Albert Campion mystery. In this story Campion in drawn into helping the Gyrth family protect the Chalice. a relic held by them for the Crown for hundreds of years. It is irreplaceable. and a secret. powerful network of collectors are intent on acquiring it. The Chalice is surrounded by myth and mystery. The son of the family. Val Gyrth. is approaching his 25th birthday. when his father will share with him the terrible secret of the Chalice. There is a sudden death in the family and rumours that it has been caused by monsters or witches. Set in a village in Suffolk. the colourful cast of characters includes a camp of gypsies and many career criminals. Subjects: Campion. Albert (Fictitious character). Detective and mystery stories. English. Detective and mystery stories. Campion. Albert (Fictitious character); Fiction. Private investigators England; Fiction.

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