The years just prior to the French Revolution were filled with conflict, although many chose to ignore the signals of the coming storm. The Palais-Royal was the scene of much gaiety and a constant round of pleasures--perfect cover for darker activities such as the murder of a Parisian actress. That same evening, her lover, Antoine Dubois, died in a fatal fall. Was his death a guilt-induced suicide? Soon, word of Antoine's death reaches his stepdaughter, Anne Cartier, a young vaudeville actress with the Sadler's Wells ...
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The years just prior to the French Revolution were filled with conflict, although many chose to ignore the signals of the coming storm. The Palais-Royal was the scene of much gaiety and a constant round of pleasures--perfect cover for darker activities such as the murder of a Parisian actress. That same evening, her lover, Antoine Dubois, died in a fatal fall. Was his death a guilt-induced suicide? Soon, word of Antoine's death reaches his stepdaughter, Anne Cartier, a young vaudeville actress with the Sadler's Wells company in London. She enlists the aid of the messenger, Colonel Paul de Saint-Martin, and his adjutant, Georges Charpentier, to cross with her to France to investigate. While in Paris, Anne, who is skilled in signing for the deaf, befriends Michou, a deaf, illiterate seamstress with a talent for puppetry. Michou gives Anne entry into the Palais-Royal, where her quest broadens to include an amateur theatrical society of dissolute young noblemen and several suspicious officials. Hoping to learn more, Anne agrees to appear at a chateau to act the part of an exotic queen in Indian costume. But when priceless jewelry disappears and its owner, an aged count, is murdered, a venal police inspector threatens to derail Anne's whole project....
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x1x8; Signed by Author on title page. The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Bottom corner of text block lightly bumped. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. CV4-A first edition hardcover book signed by author in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.75"x5.75", 325 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. BV7-A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.75"x5.75", 325 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. As new. 'Autographed copy' sticker. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 226 p. Audience: General/trade. The first novel by the author of 'False Patriots' and 'Deadly Quarrel'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Author(s) 1890208620 First edition. First printing. NOT inscribed, NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. Not Book Club. Signed on the title page. Securely wrapped and shipped in a box. Fine/Fine.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Inscribed By the Author Gently bumped with corresponding wrinkles to the mylar covered jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page, dated Oct. 17, 2001. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall.