: Mary Hooper
: Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
: Bloomsbury Publishing
: 9781408825433
: 1
: CHF 10,20
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: Kinder- und Jugendbücher
: English
Eliza is ousted by her new stepmother from her family and finally makes her way to London - only to be thrown straight into prison for stealing a mouthful of bread. At this point Eliza's life takes some remarkable twists as she learns to survive the sordid prison life, is rescued by a woman she has never met before pretending to be her aunt - but for what exactly? - and befriends Nell Gwynn who introduces her to the courtly intrigue, politics and glamour of the court of King Charles. And then Eliza finds out about her true background....