The story line is action-packed, but [the book] also provides a deep historical look at Cornwall and at the beginnings of the technology revolution.
—Harriet Klausner
Lizard Village, 1903. Cornwall is rich with natural wonders: gorgeous shorelines and imposing cliffs. But these beautiful landscapes conceal dangerous secrets, as amateur detectives Lord and Lady Sheridan discover.
Wireless telegraph companies around the world are scrambling to develop the new communications technology. But an Italian named Guglielmo Marconi beats them to it. His feat has bruised some egos, but no one expects sabotage, much less murder. After two apparently accidental deaths at the Marconi wireless transmission station, Charles Sheridan is asked to head an investigation and finds that valuable equipment has disappeared. And when Kate discovers the truth behind the drowning of a local girl, it becomes clear that these deaths and the dirty tricks at the station are connected.
Praise for the Robin Paige Victorian Mysteries
“Even-tempered prose, period conversation, historical characters, dialect, and culture….”
—Library Journal
“Kate and Charles delve into the mysteries and, as usual, find the answer in another clever, richly detailed whodunit.”
—Publishers Weekly
The story line is action-packed, but [the book] also provides a deep historical look at Cornwall and at the beginnings of the technology revolution.
—Harriet Klausner
About the Authors
Marconi’s Lizard Wireless Station at Poldhu Point
Resources
To read about Marconi’s Lizard Station, check out this Wikipedia entry.
For a biography of the famous illusionist and amateur radio inventor, John Nevil Maskelyne, go here.
For the National Trust’s photographs of the Lizard site, look here.
