***NEW YORK TIMES* BESTSELLER** In the National Book Award--winning *Let the Great World Spin,* Colum McCann thrilled readers with a marvelous high-wire act of fiction that *The New York Times Book Review* called"an emotional tour de force." Now McCann demonstrates once again why he is one of t
The Transatlantic Conspiracy
โ Scribed by G. D. Falksen
- Publisher
- Soho Press;Soho Teen
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 522 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
At the dawn of a reimagined 20th century, one girl must become the reluctant symbol of a new world.
The year is 1908. Seventeen-year-old Rosalind Wallace's blissful stay in England with her best friend, Cecily de Vere, has come to an abrupt end. As a publicity stunt, her industrialist father has booked Rosalind on the maiden voyage of his fabulous Transatlantic Express, the world's first railroad to travel under the sea--without asking. Rosalind is furious. But lucky for her, Cecily and her handsome older brother, Charles, volunteer to accompany her home.
Fun turns to worry when Charles disappears on the station platform. To Rosalind's surprise, Cecily isn't concerned about her brother. And when Cecily runs into an old friend onboard, another belle of the European aristocracy, she appears to forget about Charles altogether.
Then, deep under the Atlantic, Cecily and her housemaid, Doris, are found stabbed to death in their state room. Rosalind is now trapped on...
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