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About this book
Popular Victorian-era writer Mary Elizabeth Braddon offers up another engrossing thriller with Birds of Prey, the prequel to Charlotte's Inheritance. Faced with the failure of his newly established London practice, depraved dentist Philip Sheldon hatches an evil plot to recoup his losses. Will innocent victim Charlotte Halliday be able to escape his clutches?
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Table of contents
- BIRDS OF PREY
- Contents
- BOOK THE FIRST - FATAL FRIENDSHIP
- Chapter I - The House in Bloomsbury
- Chapter II - Philip Sheldon Reads the "Lancet"
- Chapter III - Mr. And Mrs. Halliday
- Chapter IV - A Perplexing Illness
- Chapter V - The Letter from the "Alliance" Office
- Chapter VI - Mr. Burkham's Uncertainties
- BOOK THE SECOND - THE TWO MACAIRES
- Chapter I - A Golden Temple
- Chapter II - The Easy Descent
- Chapter III - "Heart Bare, Heart Hungry, Very Poor"
- BOOK THE THIRD - HEAPING UP RICHES
- Chapter I - A Fortunate Marriage
- Chapter II - Charlotte
- Chapter III - George Sheldon's Prospects
- Chapter IV - Diana Finds a New Home
- Chapter V - At the Lawn
- Chapter VI - The Compact of Gray's Inn
- Chapter VII - Aunt Sarah
- Chapter VIII - Charlotte Prophesies Rain
- Chapter IX - Mr. Sheldon on the Watch
- BOOK THE FOURTH - VALENTINE HAWKEHURST'S RECORD
- Chapter I - The Oldest Inhabitant
- Chapter II - Matthew Haygarth's Resting-Place
- Chapter III - Mr. Goodge's Wisdom
- BOOK THE FIFTH - RELICS OF THE DEAD
- Chapter I - Betrayed by a Blotting-Pad
- Chapter II - Valentine Invokes the Phantoms of the Past
- Chapter III - Hunting the Judsons
- Chapter IV - Glimpses of a Bygone Life
- BOOK THE SIXTH - THE HEIRESS OF THE HAYGARTHS
- Chapter I - Disappointment
- Chapter II - Valentine's Record Continued
- Chapter III - Arcadia
- Chapter IV - In Paradise
- Chapter V - Too Fair to Last
- Chapter VI - Found in the Bible
- BOOK THE SEVENTH - CHARLOTTE'S ENGAGEMENT
- Chapter I - "In Your Patience Ye Are Strong"
- Chapter II - Mrs. Sheldon Accepts Her Destiny
- Chapter III - Mr. Hawkehurst and Mr. George Sheldon Come to an Understanding
- Chapter IV - Mr. Sheldon is Propitious
- Chapter V - Mr. Sheldon is Benevolent
- Chapter VI - Riding the High Horse
- Chapter VII - Mr. Sheldon is Prudent
- Chapter VIII - Christmas Peace
