Death at Blenheim Palace HSP In late-twenty-first-century Australia

In late-twenty-first-century Australia

a place haunted by shadows and dark secrets

the Slavs remain a mystery in a Europe apparently dominated by Romanic and Germanic nations and a country like the Czech Republic is labelled as Eastern European

Much of what happened could have been avoided

Death takes centre stage

Death at Blenheim Palace HSP In late-twenty-first-century AustraliaThe marriage between the Duke of Marlborough and 17 year old Consuelo Vanderbilt, the American railroad heiress, was the talk of two nations when it occurred in 1895. By 1903, the Duchess had produced the requisite heir and a spare, and the Duke had taken a lover, the exotic, erotic Gladys Deacon. Kate and Charles are introduced to this uncomfortable menage a trois when they come to Blenheim Palace: Kate to work on a book about King Henry II and Fair