The Penny Heart
Author(s): Martine Bailey
Sentenced to death for a simple confidence trick, Mary Jebb escapes the gallows ... but her reprieve is harsh: seven years in the unforgiving penal colony of Botany Bay.
Yet Mary is determined not to be forgotten, sending two pennies, engraved with a promise, to the two men who sealed her fate.
Timid artist Grace Moore jumps at the opportunity to marry handsome gentleman Michael Croxon - happy if only to get away from her drunken father.
But when Grace takes on a new cook, the two penny heart love tokens reveal she is tied to a world she didn't know existed ... A world of deceit, double-crossing, revenge and murder.
Product Information
A tale set in the 18th century about crime and revenge, this is a dark, stunning novel. Martine Bailey uses the genre of historical fiction to develop interesting characters and period-accurate language that is well researched. A gem of a novel.
Elisa, Book Grocer
General Fields
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- : Hodder & Stoughton
- : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- : 0.32
- : 01 August 2016
- : 2.9 Centimeters X 13 Centimeters X 19.7 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Martine Bailey
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 823.92
- : very good
- : 464
