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A dead man in Naples

Lionel Scampion, British consul in Naples, has been stabbed to death while bicycling through the piazza of the Porta Carmine. According to his sister, he had no enemies. The Neapolitan police suggest he was murdered by a bicycle-racing rival. In Naples, every mystery is attributed to the Camorra, a powerful criminal society; could its members be involved' Scampion enthusiastically backed the Italian invasion of Libya and befriended army officers of the newly formed Italian Bicycle Brigade. Now the Foreign Office in London has heard that international politics emanating from Rome might have been involved. Seymour of the Special Branch is sent to find out the motive for the murder and, incidentally, to identify the culprit. From the Hardcover edition.

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  • "Lionel Scampion, British consul in Naples, has been stabbed to death while bicycling through the piazza of the Porta Carmine. According to his sister, he had no enemies. The Neapolitan police suggest he was murdered by a bicycle-racing rival. In Naples, every mystery is attributed to the Camorra, a powerful criminal society; could its members be involved' Scampion enthusiastically backed the Italian invasion of Libya and befriended army officers of the newly formed Italian Bicycle Brigade. Now the Foreign Office in London has heard that international politics emanating from Rome might have been involved. Seymour of the Special Branch is sent to find out the motive for the murder and, incidentally, to identify the culprit. From the Hardcover edition."@en
  • "1913. Junior British consular official Scampion arrives in sun-baked Naples - banished from Florence, following his involvement with D'Annunzio: poet, Nationalist and revolutionary. He brings the new craze sweeping Italy: bicycling. But walking home one day after a bicycle race, he's stabbed to death. Is Scampion's murder linked to the race? Neapolitans, being great gamblers, will bet on anything, including a bicycle race. And where there is gambling there is also the Camorra, the Neapolitan secret society. But the Foreign Office, with information that the murder might be linked to high politics in Rome, send their man Seymour to investigate ..."
  • "Naples, 1913. Sun-baked, blue-skied, and with its amazing bay. One of the most beautiful spots in Italy - but also, one of the most backward. Into that world is sent a minor British consular official, Scampion, banished from Florence because he has allowed himself to be caught up in the mad social whirl surrounding D'Annunzio, the famous Italian poet, Nationalist and revolutionary. Scampion brings with him from Florence the new craze that is sweeping Italy: bicycling. And one day as he walks home after a road race that he has been organizing, he is stabbed to death. Nothing extraordinary about that in Naples - it happens all the time - but his wallet was not taken, a fact that is remarkable. Could Scampion's murder have something to do with the racing? Bicycling may seem like a harmless pursuit but in Italy passions run high and Neopolitans, too, are great gamblers; they gamble on anything, including bicycle races. And where there is gambling, in Naples there is usually the Camorra, the powerful Neopolitan secret society. But then the Foreign Office receives a tip off that the murder may be more complicated. It might be linked to high politics in Rome. And that's when Seymour, the foreigner from the F.O, is sent South to investigate ..."
  • "British Foreign Officer Seymour is sent to Naples to investigate the murder of a junior British consular officer who was stabbed to death after a bicycle race."

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  • "Mystery"
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Large type books"

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