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The Burning Court by Carr, John Dickson, 1906-1977 is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Burning Court about?
When the family found an odd piece of string, tied at equal intervals into nine knots, under Miles Despard's pillow, they dismissed this trifle from their minds. But then the housekeeper, a normally sensible woman, told an incredible story of a beautiful woman in the old man's room - a woman who had "walked through the wall". Who could go through a door which had been bricked up and paneled over for two hundred years, leaving an old man to a hideous death? Edward Stevens smiled at their fears of the supernatural - until he read a manuscript on female murderers. On one of the pages was a clear photograph of a woman. Under it, in small letters, had been printed: Marie D'Aubray Guillotined for Murder, 1861 Edward Stevens was looking at a photograph of his own wife.
Who reads The Burning Court?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Carr, John Dickson, 1906-1977
- Publisher
- New York: International Polygonics
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780930330279
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (383 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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