**FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF *ASYLUM*, *TRAUMA* AND *SPIDER*** **'[W]onderfully sinister ... a delight ... you are in for a thrilling ride.'** ***Spectator*** **'A brilliant evocation of the theatrical world's seedy glamour, *The Wardrobe Mistress* is also a moving portrait of a woman struggli
The Wardrobe Mistress
✍ Scribed by Masterson, Meghan
- Book ID
- 109470697
- Publisher
- St. Martin’s Press
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 819 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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✦ Synopsis
It's Giselle Aubry's first time at court in Versailles. At sixteen, she is one of Marie Antoinette's newest undertirewomen, and in awe of the glamorous queen and her opulent palace life. A budding designer, it's a dream come true to work with the beautiful fabrics and jewels in the queen's wardrobe. But every few weeks she returns home to visit her family in the Parisian countryside where rumors of revolution are growing stronger.
From her position working in the royal household, Giselle is poised to see both sides of the revolutionary tensions erupting throughout Paris. When her uncle, a retired member of the secret du roi , a spy ring that worked for the old King, Louis XV, suggests that she casually report the Queen's actions back to him as a game, she leaps at the chance. Spying seems like an adventure and an exciting way to privately support the revolution taking the countryside by storm. She also enjoys using her insight from Versailles in lively debates with...
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