Bertie and the Tinman - Prince of Wales

Bertie and the Tinman - Prince of Wales, Bk 1 by Peter Lovesey ISBN-13: 9780445405929 ISBN-10: 0445405929 Publication Date: 12/1988 Publisher: Warner Books Paperback 4.15 x 6.8 inches, 223 pages Meet Albert Edward, Prince of Wales ("Bertie" to his intimates): bon viveur, playboy, sportsman, and now -- detective. — It is 1886, and the greatest of all jockeys, Fred Archer (popularly known as the Tinman), has shot himself. An inquest is arranged with indecent haste. The jury rules that the Tinman has been unhinged by typhoid fever. The Prince has his suspicions. He knew the Tinman, he knows the turf -- and he knows that Archer's last words were not those of a delirious man. At great personal risk (and discomfort), the Prince of Wales turns detective. In his pursuit of the truth, Bertie is obliged to indulge in passionate encounters in country manor houses and seedy areas of Soho, and to endure chilly interviews with his mother, Queen Victoria. The result is a princely entertainment, thrilling, funny, and wildly unpredictable.