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Pleasing Mr. Pepys

โœ Scribed by Swift, Deborah

Book ID
109830531
Publisher
Accent Press
Year
2017
Tongue
English
Weight
381 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781682996317

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โœฆ Synopsis

From acclaimed historical novelist Deborah Swift, Pleasing Mr Pepys is the story of Deb Willet, Samuel Pepys's servant, told from a fresh perspective. Well-educated but, due to circumstances beyond her control, not quite respectable, Deb Willet is desperate to escape her domineering aunt and takes a position as companion to Elisabeth Pepys, Samuel's wife. Deb believes it will give her the respectability it craves โ€“ but it proves far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. London during the 1660s is a time of turmoil. Although Charles II has been restored to the throne, there is the prospect of war with the Dutch โ€“ the world's great power of the era. In the midst of this tumult strides Samuel Pepys โ€“ diarist and man of note. Pepys' influence in Restoration London means that the Dutch are keen to get their hands on his secrets โ€“ even if that means murder, espionage and blackmail to get them... Deb is soon caught up in the middle of a dangerous...

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