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Livres anciens et modernes

Kearsley, Susanna

A Desperate Fortune

touchstone/simon & Schuster, 2015

15,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Année
2015
ISBN
1451673833
Lieu d'édition
New York
Auteur
Kearsley, Susanna
Éditeurs
touchstone/simon & Schuster
Edition
First Thus
Thème
FICTION JACOBITES FRANCE ASPERGER'S Codes and cyphers CANADIAN, WRITERS
Description
S
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
En excellent ètat
Reliure
Couverture souple
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread-its secrets safe from prying eyes. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas has been hired by a once-famous historian to crack the journal's cipher. But when she arrives in Paris, Sara finds herself besieged by complications from all sides: the journal's reclusive owner, her charming Parisian neighbor, and Mary, whose journal doesn't hold the secrets Sara expects. It turns out that Mary Dundas wasn't keeping a record of everyday life, but a first-hand account of her part in a dangerous intrigue. In the first wintry months of 1732, with a scandal gaining steam in London, driving many into bankruptcy and ruin, the man accused of being at its center is concealed among the Jacobites in Paris, with Mary posing as his sister to aid his disguise. When their location is betrayed, they're forced to put a desperate plan in action, heading south along the road to Rome, protected by the enigmatic Highlander Hugh MacPherson. As Mary's tale grows more and more dire, Sara, too, must carefully choose which turning to take.to find the road that will lead her safely home. 498p.