Curtsies & Conspiracies
Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner
table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown
guests?
Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's
Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been
rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy
(won't Mumsy be surprised?). Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an
intrigue over a stolen device and had a cheese pie thrown at her in a
most horrid display of poor manners.
Now, as she sneaks around
the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers' quarters and making clandestine climbs to the ship's boiler room, she learns that there may be more to a school trip to London than is apparent at first. A
conspiracy is afoot - one with dire implications for both supernaturals
and humans. Sophronia must rely on her training to discover who is
behind the dangerous plot-and survive the London Season with a full
dance card.
In this sequel to bestselling author Gail Carriger's YA debut Etiquette & Espionage, class is back in session with more petticoats and poison, tea trays and treason. Gail's distinctive voice, signature humor, and lush steampunk
setting are sure to be the height of fashion this season.
Gail Carriger
New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Ms. Carriger then traveled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported from London.
Finishing School
Finishing School consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series The Parasol Protectorate