FIRST BRITISH EDITION. 2000 Collins Crime hardcover, Ruth Dudley Edwards (The The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic). Foolishly, the British and Irish governments have chosen the tactless and impatient Baroness Troutbeck to chair a conference on Anglo-Irish cultural sensitivities. She instantly press-gangs Robert Amiss, her young friend and reluctant accomplice, into becoming conference organizer.