Beverley Nichols, The Rich Die Hard
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Nichols, Beverley. The Rich Die Hard. Second Edition. 1975. Book and dust jacket in very good condition.
The blurb on this book’s dust jacket flap cautions that it portrays great wealth and is therefore not “likely to meet with the whole-hearted approval of the left-wing intellectual.” Translation: the book is readable and fun. First published in 1957, it is a sensational drawing room murder mystery based upon fact, but it is fact of the “truth is stranger than fiction” variety. It is the story of Nichols’ friends Dorothy and Geoffrey Hart who lived and entertained lavishly at their Sussex home, Wych Cross Place. The detective in the story is based upon the author himself.
“Vanity is vanity, in whatever age it may exhibit itself. Pride is pride, greed is greed, lust is lust. And so is the fervour of loyalty, the glitter of courage and the passion of mother-love.”
The blurb on this book’s dust jacket flap cautions that it portrays great wealth and is therefore not “likely to meet with the whole-hearted approval of the left-wing intellectual.” Translation: the book is readable and fun. First published in 1957, it is a sensational drawing room murder mystery based upon fact, but it is fact of the “truth is stranger than fiction” variety. It is the story of Nichols’ friends Dorothy and Geoffrey Hart who lived and entertained lavishly at their Sussex home, Wych Cross Place. The detective in the story is based upon the author himself.
“Vanity is vanity, in whatever age it may exhibit itself. Pride is pride, greed is greed, lust is lust. And so is the fervour of loyalty, the glitter of courage and the passion of mother-love.”
--Beverley Nichols
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