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Unnatural Fire 

 (Countess Ashby De La Zouche, book 1)

by

Fidelis MorganUnnatural Fire (2000)
(The first book in the Countess Ashby De La Zouche series)
A novel by Fidelis Morgan

 
"Fidelis Morgan's tale of love and greed and alchemy in 1699 is a heady compound of wit, wisdom and wildness. It's an unsentimental warts-and-all portrait that reeks of authenticity, written with a brio that reflects the age."
Val McDermid


"A wildly funny book... If you like to laugh a great deal when you read historical crime then this debut romp by an incisively witty writer is for you."
Deryn Lake


"A scintillating tale of murder and mayhem in 17th century London... Lusty, funny and gripping, this is one the best historical crime books in ages."
Maxim Jakubowski


London 1699. Anastasia Ashby de la Zouche, Baroness Penge, Countess of Clapham, former mistress to Charles II, has fallen on hard times. Cast in into the notorious Fleet Prison by the bum-bailiffs, she is forced to turn to journalism: gathering salacious tit-bits for a scandal sheet. But the Countess and Alpiew, her maidservant, encounter more intrigue than they bargained for when a mysterious woman hires them to follow her husband Beau, whom she suspects of adultery.

Their pursuit of Beau leads them to playhouses, lecture halls, the half-constructed St Paul's' Cathedral and the dives of Alsatia, only to end abruptly in a Covent Garden churchyard - leaving the Countess and Alpiew implicated in a murder. And worse if to follow, for to unravel their only clue to the identity of the real killer they must penetrate the mysteries of alchemy.

Genre: Mystery
 
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Hardback Editions

March 2001 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0688176836Title: Unnatural Fire: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-688-17683-6 / 978-0-688-17683-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: William Morrow
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2000 : Hardback
Title: Unnatural Fire
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
Publisher: Morrow
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Paperback Editions

April 2010 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1934609501Title: Unnatural Fire: Countess Ashby de la Zouche, #1
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 1-934609-50-1 / 9781934609507 (USA edition)
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
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February 2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000C4SPHOTitle: Unnatural Fire : A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (Countess Ashby de La Zouche Mysteries)
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
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February 2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060007834Title: Unnatural Fire: A Countess Ashby de La Zouche Mystery (Countess Ashby de La Zouche Mysteries)
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-06-000783-4 / 978-0-06-000783-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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November 2001 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0006514529Title: Unnatural Fire (A Countess Ashby De La Zouche Mystery)
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-00-651452-9 / 978-0-00-651452-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins
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August 2001 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007126530Title: Unnatural Fire
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-00-712653-0 / 978-0-00-712653-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins
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January 2001 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007114249Title: Unnatural Fire
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-00-711424-9 / 978-0-00-711424-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Collins Crime
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November 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0002326957Title: Unnatural Fire
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-00-232695-7 / 978-0-00-232695-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Collins Crime
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May 2005 : Audio CD
Title: Unnatural Fire
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-7531-2430-0 / 978-0-7531-2430-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Isis
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July 2003 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 0753118165Title: Unnatural Fire
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
ISBN: 0-7531-1816-5 / 978-0-7531-1816-0 (UK edition)
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June 2011 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0057FJJ64Title: Unnatural Fire (Countess Ashby dela Zouche)
Author(s): Fidelis Morgan
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