Etiquette and Espionage
Number 1 in series
$34.25
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2013
Summary
It’s one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It’s quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school.
Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners-and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finish…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781907411588 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1907411585 |
| Author: | Gail Carriger |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | ATOM |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Finishing School |
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… cleverly Victorian methods of espionage, witty banter, lighthearted silliness, and a ship full of intriguingly quirky people. * Booklist, starred review *This genre-blender will introduce fans of Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls and Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Squad to a world of mechanical maids and flying machines, while bringing a spy-school romp to readers of the weightier worlds of Cassandra Clare and Scott Westerfeld. * Kirkus, starred review *Carriger deploys laugh-out-loud bon mots on nearly every page … in a sparkling start to the Finishing School series. * Publishers Weekly, starred review *Readers will love the well-developed characters and the quirky charm imbued into every page, and will eagerly await the sequel! * Romantic Times *
About The Author
Gail Carriger
Gail Carriger began writing in order to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning.
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