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The China Governess

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Author	Margery Allingham
Cover artist	Youngman Carter
Language	English
Series	Albert Campion
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Chatto & Windus
Publication date	1963
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by	Hide My Eyes
Followed by	The Mind Readers

The China Governess is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1963, in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, London.^[1] It is the seventeenth novel in the Albert Campion series.

Timothy Kinnit is trying to elope with Julia, but the question of his origins as a wartime refugee baby stand between them and their future. What does the "Turk Street Mile", once the wickedest street in London but now redeveloped after wartime bombing, have to do with the mystery? Can Albert Campion and the recently widowed Superintendent Charles Luke find the answer and discover who wants it kept a secret?

• Margery Allingham, The China Governess, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1963)

• An Allingham bibliography, with dates and publishers, from the UK Margery Allingham Society
• A page about the book from the Margery Allingham Archive

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