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London, 1820: George IV is to be crowned King at last. But will his estranged wife Caroline be allowed to join him as Queen? The city is in turmoil, as her radical supporters rally to her cause and threaten to overturn the government. Into this tumultuous world is thrown Nell Wingfield, a gutsy seventeen-year-old printer of political pamphlets. Nell has recently returned home after a six-month absence. After her mother's death, she was duped into working at one of the Houses of the Quality, the brothels on St James's, turning tricks with men at the heart of the English establishment. When one of them - a key protagonist in the plot to keep Caroline from the throne - was found dead in his bed, it was time for Nell to leave...
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The Harlot's Press, Helen Pike, Louise Levene
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2011
- Oprawa
- (miękka),
- Stan książki
- Dobry
- Cena
- 1,43 zł
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- Tytuł
- The Harlot's Press
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Helen Pike, Louise Levene
- Wydawca
- Short Books
- Rok wydania
- 2011
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1907595139
- ISBN13
- 9781907595134
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Wielka Brytania
- Ocena
- 2,3 z 5
- Opis
- London, 1820: George IV is to be crowned King at last. But will his estranged wife Caroline be allowed to join him as Queen? The city is in turmoil, as her radical supporters rally to her cause and threaten to overturn the government. Into this tumultuous world is thrown Nell Wingfield, a gutsy seventeen-year-old printer of political pamphlets. Nell has recently returned home after a six-month absence. After her mother's death, she was duped into working at one of the Houses of the Quality, the brothels on St James's, turning tricks with men at the heart of the English establishment. When one of them - a key protagonist in the plot to keep Caroline from the throne - was found dead in his bed, it was time for Nell to leave...