The Clue of the Broken Locket [SEP] characters
The Clue of the Broken Locket
The Clue of the Broken Locket is the eleventh volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1934, and was written by Mildred Benson under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.
Plot summary (1934 edition).
When two adopted parents are unsuitable for caring of baby twins, Nancy sets out to search for the rightful birth mother with the help of a broken locket.
1965 revision.
The revised 1965 imprint features two separated cousins, and takes place
, and not wishing to draw attention to the disguised Charles, Careless parted from the king later the same day (7 Sep 1651).
A contemporary armorial locket containing a miniature portrait of William Careless is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (see "External links" below). The inscription within the locket runs:
Career Exile.
Careless escaped England independently of King Charles, fleeing to France; he was the first person to inform Charles' sister, Mary, Princess of Orange