The Lighthearted Quest by Bridge, Ann

The Lighthearted Quest: A Julia Probyn Mystery, Book 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781448200481)

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Format: Paperback
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The Lighthearted Quest by Bridge, Ann

The Lighthearted Quest: A Julia Probyn Mystery, Book 1

$17.99
The Lighthearted Quest by Bridge, Ann

The Lighthearted Quest: A Julia Probyn Mystery, Book 1

$17.99
Format: Paperback
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When Julia undertook to find her cousin, Colin Munro, last heard of sailing a yacht off the north coast of Africa, the quest seemed lighthearted enough. But, before she had finished, she was involved with Moorish antique dealers, a Belgian woman archaeologist, Purcell, the enigmatic barkeeper, and American airman, the saurian Mr. St. John, and numerous other characters charming or sinister. Julia's search takes her a cargo-boart to Casablanca, and thence to Tangier, Fez and Marrakech. Her 'dumb-blonde' beauty, camouflaging a lively intelligence, gets her through unexpected difficulties and dangers. Colin is found, and the mysterious reason for his disappearance at last revealed...

The first in a series of eight Julia Probyn novels, The Lighthearted Quest displays a blend of humour and adventure which transports us to exotic places and introduces us to entertaining people, but also throws a good deal of light on the explosive political issues that French Morocco encountered in the 50s.

Author: Ann Bridge
ISBN-10: 1448200482
ISBN-13: 9781448200481
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2012
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.74d
By Ann Bridge
By Ann Bridge
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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.

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