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The Disgrace of Kitty Grey
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Description
Kitty is living a happy, carefree life as a dairymaid in the countryside. The grand family she is employed by looks after her well, and she loves her trade, caring for the gentle cows and working in the cool, calm dairy. And then, of course, there is Will, the river man who she thinks is very fond of her, and indeed she is of him. Surely he will ask her to marry him soon?
Then one day disaster strikes: Will disappears. Kitty is first worried and then furious. She fears that Will has only been leading her on all this time, and has now gone to London to make his fortune, forgetting about her completely. So when Kitty is asked to go to London to pick up a copy of Pride and Prejudice, the latest novel by the very fashionable Jane Austen, Kitty leaps at the chance to track down Will. But Kitty has no idea how vast London is, and how careful she must be. It is barely a moment before eagle-eyed pickpockets have spotted the country-born-and-bred Kitty and relieved her of her money and belongings. Dauntingly fast, she has lost her only means of returning home and must face the terrifying prospect of stealing in order to survive - and of being named a thief . . .
Product details
Published | 09 May 2013 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 336 |
ISBN | 9781408829813 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Children's Books |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Another sumptuous, satisfying read from Mary Hooper
Lucy Mangan
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Deliciously funny, thoughtful and atmospheric
Amanda Criag, The Times
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More wonderfully atmospheric historical romance from Hooper, set in the time of Jane Austin
The Bookseller
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I loved the gripping story of dairymaid Kitty Grey who travels to London on a quest. Beautifully researched, it evokes below stairs Jane Austen in Dickens' London!
Caroline Lawrence
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Superb . . . Hooper is a wise and charming writer
Philip Womack, Literary Review
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Hooper's storylines pack a 21st-century punch . . . Historical fiction worthy of the genre
Amanda Foreman, New York Times