David Roberts

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David Roberts



Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
David Roberts is an English editor and novelist.
Roberts worked for several years as a book editor at Chatto and Windus, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and Michael O'Mara Books. Since 2000 he has been a full-time writer, best known for a series of crime novels set during the late 1930s, and featuring the joint adventures of Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne. The novels use actual historical events as a backdrop and there is an Author's Note at the back of the books briefly outlining what happened to the historical characters subsequently.
Publishers Weekly has described his novels as "well-researched" and "first-rate fun".
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The Bolds to the Rescue

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Sweet Poison (Lord Edward C...

3.38 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions
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3.97 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions
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The Bones are Buried (Lord ...

3.45 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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Hollow Crown (Lord Edward C...

3.67 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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The Quality of Mercy (Lord ...

3.57 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
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The More Deceived (Lord Edw...

3.75 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Dangerous Sea (Lord Edward ...

3.62 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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No More Dying (Lord Edward ...

3.85 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
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A Grave Man (Lord Edward Co...

3.73 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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Sweet Poison The Bones are Buried Hollow Crown Dangerous Sea The More Deceived A Grave Man The Quality of Mercy
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“even when the tiger smiled, he was still a tiger.”
David Roberts, Hollow Crown

“He regarded with suspicion any political party – on the right or the left – which claimed to be acting in the interests of the working class.”
David Roberts, Bones of the Buried

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