By the bestselling winner of the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize: THE FIVE: THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER
For fans of The Crown, Dowton Abbey and Poldark
Georgian England, 1789. Under a cloud of scandal, Henrietta Lightfoot flees her home at Melmouth Park. She has little money and no worthwhile talents, for what use is a neat stitch and a pretty voice outside the drawing room? Without family support, her only hope of survival lies with the dashing but elusive Lord Allenham...
In a quest to find him, Henrietta embarks on a journey through London's debauched and glittering underworld, where she discovers more about her own mysterious past than she could have imagined. With the aid of new-found skills at the card table and on the stage, will Henrietta be able to turn her life around?
'A remarkable picture of a fascinating age' DAILY EXPRESS
- ISBN10 1455511803
- ISBN13 9781455511808
- Publish Date 8 January 2013 (first published 7 July 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 464
- Language English