Oxford Blood
First edition | |
Author | Antonia Fraser |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Jemima Shore Mysteries |
Genre | Mystery novel |
Publisher |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) W. W. Norton (USA) |
Publication date | 6 June 1985 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages |
208 pp (hardback edition) 224 pp (US paperback edition) |
ISBN |
0-297-78606-7 (hardback edition) ISBN 0-393-31824-9 (US paperback edition) |
OCLC | 11666793 |
Preceded by | Cool Repentance |
Followed by | Jemima Shore's First Case |
Oxford Blood is a crime novel by Antonia Fraser first published in 1985.[1]
The novel begins with reporter Jemima Shore making a television documentary at Oxford University. Most prominent among the undergraduates is Lord Saffron, a wealthy, twenty-year-old heir to a former (British) Foreign Secretary. Soon she discovers that there is a mystery about Lord Saffron's birth and bloodline, based on the confession of a dying midwife. Later another undergraduate is murdered, and a series of attempts are made to kill Saffron, including a night-time attack while punting on the River Thames.
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