{"product_id":"all-men-glad-and-wise-a-mystery","title":"All Men Glad and Wise: A Mystery","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAll Men Glad and Wise: A Mystery\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLaura C Stevenson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781578690794\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRootstock Publishing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Global Book Awards Finalist (Historical Fiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist (Mystery-Adult Fiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2022 IPNE Finalist (Genre Fiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe steward of Willingford Hall was murdered in the Dell on 12 March 1919. I found his body because I'd been thrown by a horse. It's difficult to say which event was more unlikely.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWillingford Hall stable lad Harry Green is about to make a discovery even more unlikely than a corpse. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the estate near bankruptcy and the rise of automobiles fast replacing horse travel, Harry, a young woman passing as a lad, will soon be out of a job. Facing the knowledge she has no skills in the service positions open to women, Harry resolves to discover who murdered the steward, thus becoming a woman who can determine her own future. But as her investigation proceeds, a second murder demonstrates just how dangerous her knowledge is. Soon, no matter where she rides, she finds that somebody is following her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart coming-of-age and part cozy mystery, All Men Glad and Wise confronts a time of tremendous social change: the inequities of service jobs, the quandaries of grooms as technology advances, and the patriarchal assumptions that exclude women from valued work and riding astride. Harry, like horsemanship-and like England-is on the cusp of a world looking forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Rootstock Publishing","offers":[{"title":"All Men Glad and Wise: A Mystery | Laura C Stevenson | Paperback | 9781578690794 | Used: Like New | Mystery 1664043","offer_id":50785096663298,"sku":"1664043","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/710uPg8FooL.jpg?v=1792246196","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/all-men-glad-and-wise-a-mystery","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}