Susan Duerden
Author
Language
English
Description
Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Seamstress Ava and royal nursemaid Midi find themselves at the center of an epic power struggle. On the eve of Princess Sophia's wedding, the city prepares a fete. Yet a mysterious illness plagues the royal family, and a courtier's hunger for the king's favors sets a devious plot in motion. The fates Ava and Midi become irrevocably intertwined with that of mad Queen Isabel. As they navigate a tangled web of palace intrigue, Ava and Midi must carve...
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully expects to be sent abroad to gather intelligence for the British front. Instead, to her great disappointment, she is dispatched...