The Garden Intrigue : A Pink Carnation Novel
Overview
Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation novels have been called "fun and] fresh" (Kirkus Reviews) and "clever and playful " (Detroit Free Press). Now she introduces readers to a mismatched pair who find passion in the most astonishing of places...
Secret agent Augustus Whittlesby has spent a decade undercover in France, posing as an insufferably bad poet. The French surveillance officers can't bear to read his work closely enough to recognize the information drowned in a sea of verbiage. New York-born Emma Morris Delagardie is a thorn in Augustus's side. An old school friend of Napoleon's stepdaughter, she came to France with her uncle, eloped with a Frenchman, and has been rattling around the salons of Paris ever since. Now widowed, she entertains herself by holding a weekly salon, and loudly critiquing Augustus's poetry. As Napoleon pursues his plans for the invasion of England, Whittlesby hears of a top-secret device to be demonstrated at a house party. The catch? The only way in is with Emma, who has been asked to write a masque for the weekend's entertainment. In this complicated masque within a masque, nothing goes quite as scripted--especially Augustus's unexpected feelings for Emma.
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780451415608
- ISBN-10: 0451415604
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publish Date: December 2012
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 448
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
Related Categories
