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Thirteen years ago, Alex Greysteel Montgomery, an Earl and double agent-now working to restore King Charles II to the throne-was betrothed to the impetuous Velvet Cavendish. Their parents saw the engagement as a business opportunity-and although Greysteel has always had an affinity for Velvet, she has not returned his affections.
Once reunited with Greysteel, Velvet is determined to break their bond-for she has her sights set on none other than
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When her humdrum daily routine of chores and servitude is shattered by the ruthless murder of a fellow servant, 17th-century English chambermaid Lucy Campion battles legal obstacles, plague-infected crowds and a brutal killer to prove her wrongly accused brother's innocence.
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2015.
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English
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In 1667, just after the double devastation of bubonic plague and the Great Fire, Lucy?s new position as unofficial printer?s apprentice takes her into all areas of the grim city, quietly gathering information as she sells religious tracts and sensational ?masques.? Still tied by affection to the magistrate?s family (especially Adam), Lucy lends her eyes and ears to a murder investigation, at the request of the handsome Constable Duncan, involving...
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2016.
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English
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Lucy Campion is out early in the morning, delivering books for her employer, the printer Aubrey. It is April 1667, just months after the Great London Fire, but winter has not yet loosened its hold on the city. When Lucy encounters a woman wandering near Holborn Bridge, dressed only in a fine but bedraggled nightgown, Lucy takes her to Dr. Larimer to tend to her grievous injuries. The girl has lost her memory, but she and Lucy slowly begin to piece...
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In the immediate aftermath of the Great Fire that devastated London in 1666, two boys playing amid the rubble find a wooden barrel containing a man?s corpse. Inside a leather pouch discovered next to the body are some coins and an unsigned love letter. Lucy Campion, a former lady?s maid who questions the boys, suspects that the missive may contain a code, and while she?s decided to start a new chapter in her professional life by becoming a printer?s...
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Ariadne Daunt has vowed to be with the man she loves, Gabriel Fawcett. There's just one obstacle. On his deathbed, Ari's grandfather decrees that she marry her childhood friend Ivor Chalfont, thus forging a powerful alliance between the two warring families. Giving Ari no time to protest, the elders plan her wedding the next day, forcing her to follow through on the nuptials. Though she is fond of Ivor, Ari has no intention of consummating their marriage--until...
13) The Devlin diary
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Pocket Books hardcover edition.
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433 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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In 1672, London, although women enjoy greater freedom, they are not allowed to practice medicine, a restriction that Hannah Devlin evades by treating patients that most other doctors shun: the city's poor. But Hannah has a special knowledge, and she's drawn into a murder investigation that may conceal a conspiracy as far-reaching as the king himself. She leaves a diary that Claire Donovan, a history teacher at Trinity College, Cambridge in 2008 uses...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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The author shows everyday life for people living in late 17th century Britain.
An up-close-and-personal look at Britain between the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 and the end of the century delves into the nuances of daily life to paint a vibrant and detailed picture of society at the dawn of the modern world. By the author of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England.
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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[2014]
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First edition.
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xii, 318 pages : map ; 25 cm
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English
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"In 1660, the Restoration of Stuart Monarchy in England returns Frances Stuart and her family to favor. Frances discards threadbare gowns and goes to gilded Fontainebleau Palace, where she soon catches the Sun King's eye. But Frances is no ordinary court beauty--she has Stuart secrets to keep and her family to protect. King Louis XIV turns vengeful when she rejects his offer to become his Official Mistress. He sends her to England with orders to seduce...
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