Palace of Spies

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A warning to all young ladies of delicate breeding who wish to embark upon lives of adventure: Don't.Sixteen-year-old Peggy is a well-bred orphan who is coerced into posing as a lady in waiting at the palace of King George I. Life is grand, until Peggy starts to suspect that the girl she's impersonating might have been murdered. Unless Peggy can discover the truth, she might be doomed to the same terrible fate. But in a court of shadows and intrigue, anyone could be a spyperhaps even the handsome young artist with whom Peggy is falling in love . . . History and mystery spark in this effervescent series debut.

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  Palace of Spies: Being a True, Accurate, and Complete Account...

  • 2013
  • 373 pages
  • Paperback
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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