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The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, Book 7)
by Jacqueline Winspear
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0061727660
- ISBN 13
- 9780061727665
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper, 2010. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1st Printing. The book condition on this signed, first edition, first printing is as new. The text block is solid, clean and square. Signed and dated only, no inscription. Endpapers are clear of markings with NO previous owner's signature. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has no tears or fray. A fine copy, unread and as if it just came off the bookstore shelf. Looks dashing in its shiny new mylar cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..
Reviews
On Dec 6 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
The Mapping of Love and Death is the seventh book in the Maisie Dobbs series by British-born American author, Jacqueline Winspear. Psychologist and investigator, Maisie Dobbs is engaged by a Boston couple, Edward and Martha Clifton, whose youngest son, Michael, died in the trenches in France in 1917. Not until fifteen years later were his remains found, and with them, letters from an English Nurse.
Michael was a cartographer who had just spent part of his inheritance on land in California that he felt sure bore oil. When the autopsy report shows that he was murdered, Maisie is asked to track down his unnamed nurse and, if she can, to find his murderer. To distract her from her task, James Compton returns from Canada for good, her mentor, Maurice Blanche becomes increasingly frail, and Billy Beal is understandably apprehensive about Doreen’s return from hospital.
This instalment explores the vital role of cartographers in war, as well as the important contribution of the many Nursing Units, and the purpose of cinematographers on the front lines. Maisie has to deal with DI Caldwell now that Stratton has gone to Special Branch; she is mugged, goes to car races, visits the School of Military Engineers and more than one hospital. The value of post-traumatic counselling is highlighted, and Winspear drags several red herrings through her plot to keep the reader guessing on more than one front. The final chapters see great changes wrought in Maisie’s personal life and presage possible major alterations in her career. Once again, an excellent read that will have readers seeking out the next book in the series, A Lesson In Secrets.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001074
- Title
- The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, Book 7)
- Author
- Jacqueline Winspear
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061727660
- ISBN 13
- 9780061727665
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Mystery
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