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Nice Victorian ladies don't run off to find legendary lost cities.

One trifling little arrest shouldn't have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it's only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.

When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city,…

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I absolutely loved the evolving relationship between Ellie and Adam. She's smart, spunky, and brave. And he's smart enough to ignore the gender conventions of his day and embrace her intelligence and courage.

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