Book description
Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls school in 1865s Victorian London. She is also a well-respected author of silver-fork novels, stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories - the Penny Dreadfuls that are…
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1 author picked The Lady and the Highwayman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I don't like admitting this, but there was something about the cover of this book that turned me off so much I almost didn't read it. I'm very happy I recognized my own folly. The book is a wonderfully told historical romance. Is also has a unique twist in that in includes short stories written by some of the characters within the pages. I am nearly finished with the fourth book in the series and have number five on standby. I can't wait to see how it ends.
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