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Adventure / Mystery
Restoration/ Charles II / 17th Century
France / England
Actress Camille Lefebre has to perform disguised
as her twin brother, Robert, because of the French laws regarding women
appearing on stage. But in this guise she is attacked by a nobleman’s son whom she
kills. Fleeing from Paris she heads for sanctuary with an aunt who lives in London.
Travelling from Dover as herself, Camille, she meets two gentleman, who, thinking that she does not speak English, discuss her attractiveness and state
secrets. One gentlemen is Samuel Pepys, who takes her on as his personal
secretary. Camille then finds herself entangled in treason and a vendetta
against her by the brother of the man she killed.
I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure of espionage and adventure set during the time of Charles II, and delighted in meeting Mr Pepys in a slightly different setting to normal. A well-paced worthy read.
© Anne Holt
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