The Mysterious Death of Charles Bravo

by Tim Vicary

Charles Bravo died from the poison antimony. He took three days to die, and the doctors could do nothing to help him. There were three people who had reasons for wanting Charles Bravo dead - Florence Bravo herself, Charles Bravo's new young wife; Dr James Gully, Florence's former lover; and Mrs Jane Cox, Florence's friend and companion. But the enquiry into the death in 1876 could not decide who the murderer was, and for more than 130 years people have wondered who did kill Charles Bravo ...

80 pages, Paperback

First published October 9, 2011

About the author

Tim Vicary is an author and a recently retired university teacher from the university of York, England. His legal thrillers about a tough British barrister, Sarah Newby, have been compared to the works of John Grisham and Scott Turow. The second book in the series, A Fatal Verdict, was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel, and the third book, Bold Counsel, was awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence. He is currently writing a fourth book in the series, entitled Broken Alibi.

His four historical novels have also won praise. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014. His three other historical novels, Cat & Mouse, The Blood Upon the Rose, and The Monmouth Summer, are all available individually or as a boxed set of three, entitled Women of Courage.

Tim has also written about twenty much shorter books, graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 and 2011 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.

Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming.

Reviews

[jonee setoain]

lo he tenido que leer en clase y ha sido muy aburrido, casi me duermo

lo unico bueno que le saco es que es facil de leer pero ya

[Deuck]

This book was easy to read.

[Çetineus]

I think the doctor killed

[Trang Nguyễn]

It is easy to read, there are some repeat details in the story. I like Charles Bravo's wife, she was kind to everyone, but with her husband, he didn't have enough good with his wife.

[Yusuf]

nnn

[Paulie]

bad.

[Elena -`♡´-]

No hay mucho que decir al ser un libro para estudiantes de inglés. Muy corto y fácil de leer, sencillo de entender y una trama interesante (además de basada en hechos reales)

[Masahiro Yamane]

I think this book is excited for me.

[Paula]

-1

[Nisank]

it was easy but at the end of the book i was surprised