Off With His Head
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Hardcover
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Synopsis
Off With His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1957. The plot concerns a village festival in the English countryside, and features Morris dancing among other folkloric elements. The novel was published as Death of a Fool in the United States, a reference to the fact that the murder victim is playing a Fool in the festival.
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- Seller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BIB320716
- Title
- Off With His Head
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Readers Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No Date, 1950s
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Fiction;
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