by Margery Allingham · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140093797
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In 'Look to the Lady', the Gyrth family has guarded the Gyrth Chalice for hundreds of years, keeping it safe for the British Crown. Its antiquity, beauty, and the legends surrounding it make it unique and irreplaceable. Sheltered in a windowless chapel and protected by a fearsome curse, the Chalice should be safe from any thief. However, it is 1930, and criminals have all the advantages of the modern world, especially the need for publicity, to which at least one member of the Gyrth clan has succumbed. Her reckless talk about the Chalice seems to have unleashed all kinds of misfortunes, with theft being just the beginning. Percival St. John Wykes Gryth, the current heir to the Gyrth family and future guardian of the Chalice, suspects he might be in trouble. This news is not unexpected for the mysterious Mr. Campion, who reveals that the ancient Chalice is being targeted by a ruthless gang of wealthy thieves. Campion and his faithful assistant Lugg face dangerous and puzzling events in the village of Sanctuary, Suffolk. When Val's aunt is found dead with an expression of terror on her face, Campion must preserve the safety of the Chalice and the Gyrth family. Although Campion is used to outwitting criminal minds, can he thwart supernatural forces?
Margery Louise Allingham was an English novelist from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", and considered one of its four "Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh.
