Book description
In Susanna Calkins's atmospheric debut novel, a chambermaid mustĀ uncoverĀ a murderer in seventeenth-century plague-ridden LondonFor Lucy Campion, a seventeenth-century English chambermaid serving in the household of the local magistrate, life is an endless repetition of polishing pewter, emptying chamber pots, and dealing with other household chores until a fellowā¦
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I picked up this book because I loved the cover (who says we donāt choose books by their covers?) and shortly thereafter found myself completely immersed in a 17th-century English Restoration mystery. I would visit that era in my time machine provided itās fully stocked with soap and hand sanitizer (this time period being the one during which the Great Plague took place).Ā
Main character Lucy Campion is a chambermaid in the home of a London magistrate. Her days are filled with the drudgery of servant dutiesāthat is, until a murder claims the life of a servant in the householdā¦
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