Unnatural Fire
- List Price: $24.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company
- Publish date: 01/01/2006
Description:
London, 1699. The Countess Ashby de la Zouche, ex-mistress to Charles II, has fallen on hard times. Her only way out of a debtors' prison is to sell a naughty story or two to scandal-mongers. Fortuitously reunited with her long-lost maidservant, Alpiew, a nubile beauty with her own talents for extracting valuable information, the pair turn their gifts for gossip into a profitable trade that lands them in royal boudoirs and on the seamier streets of the city.
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But trouble is only beginning for the countess and Alpiew. When a handsome, philandering merchant they're trailing is brutally murdered, they're drawn into a complex labyrinth of deceit and violence that is connected to the mysterious world of alchemy. The deeper the countess and Alpiew investigate, the more twisted the situation becomes, involving everyone from backstreet criminals to the most influential people in the land.
An absorbing mystery rich in wit, atmosphere, and characterization, Unnatural Fire will capture readers' imaginations as it fabulously recreates one of the richest periods in England's history.
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