The Gilded Lily - Couverture souple

Swift, Deborah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1250001900 ISBN 13 : 9781250001900

Editeur : St. Martin's Griffin, 2012

Synopsis

A spellbinding historical novel of beauty and greed and surprising redemption

England, 1660. Ella Appleby believes she is destined for better things than slaving as a housemaid and dodging the blows of her drunken father. When her employer dies suddenly, she seizes her chance--taking his valuables and fleeing the countryside with her sister for the golden prospects of London. But London may not be the promised land she expects. Work is hard to find, until Ella takes up with a dashing and dubious gentleman with ties to the London underworld. Meanwhile, her old employer's twin brother is in hot pursuit of the sisters.

Set in a London of atmospheric coffee houses, gilded mansions, and shady pawnshops hidden from rich men's view, Deborah Swift's The Gilded Lily is a dazzling novel of historical adventure.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

DEBORAH SWIFT, a former set and costume designer for the BBC, lives in Windermere, England. Her debut novel, The Lady's Slipper, was shortlisted for the Impress Prize for New Novelists in 2007.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St. Martin's Griffin
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250001900
• ISBN 13: 9781250001900
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible