The comfort of ghosts
(Large Print)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 18.
Series:
Status:
10 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
WCPL - Large Print
LP WINSPEAR
On Order
More Details
Published:
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
1 volume [pagination unknown] (large print) ; 22 cm (?)
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781420519693, 1420519697, 9781420519693
Notes
Description
"London, 1945. Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion, the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Soon after a demobilized British soldier, ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, takes shelter with the group, Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners. Maisie is deeply puzzled by the children's reticence. Their stories are evasive and, more mysteriously, they appear to possess self-defense skills one might expect of trained adults in wartime. Her quest to bring comfort and the promise of a future to the youngsters and to the ailing soldier brings to light a decades-old mystery concerning Maisie's first husband, James Compton, who was killed while piloting an experimental fighter aircraft"--,Provided by publisher of regular-sized print edition.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Winspear, J. (2025). The comfort of ghosts. Large print edition. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-. 2025. The Comfort of Ghosts. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-, The Comfort of Ghosts. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Winspear, Jacqueline. The Comfort of Ghosts. Large print edition. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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