Amid all the fun, the author works in commentary on race and class in a sparkling start to the Finishing School series. “They’ll suck my blood and make me wear only the very latest fashions”), and Sophronia is a capable and clever heroine. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than.
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Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Etiquette & Espionage This young adult steampunk series debut set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate is filled with. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners-and the family can. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger.
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Carriger deploys laugh-out-loud bon mots on nearly every page (“But I don’t want to be a vampire drone,” Sophronia whines to her sister early on. Etiquette & Espionage - FREE PREVIEW (The First 3 Chapters) It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of. Crow) to lunch on in her YA debut, which is set in the world of her Parasol Protectorate books for adults, but several decades earlier. I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or law. Effortlessly blending Victorian, paranormal, and steampunk elements, Carriger offers a feast of words (flywayman, mechanimals) and names (Dimity Ann Plumleigh-Teignmott, Phineas B. Far from a stodgy old castle, the school is a giant dirigible that floats above the moors. Her despair evaporates, however, when she learns that, at Mademoiselle Geraldine’s, “finishing” means learning the finer points of deceit, espionage, and assassination. VENDRE Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series (Finishing. Set in the same world as the Parasol Protectorate, this YA series debut is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor Gail's legions of fans have come to adore.When troublesome 14-year-old Sophronia is sent off to attend Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality, she is none too happy about it. ETIQUETTE AND ESPIONAGE: Number 1 in series (Finishing School), Carriger, Gail, - EUR 5,50. In an alternate England of 1851, spirited 14-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education. Etiquette and Espionage ISBN: 9780316190084. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but the also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage-in the politest possible ways, of course. Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School Series 1) by Gail Carriger 4.5 (126) Paperback 10.99 11.99 Save 8 Paperback 10.99 NOOK Book 6.99 Audiobook 0. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish.everything. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.īut Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners-and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Welcome to Finishing School.Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first years education. Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on February 5th 2013Īlso in this series: Curtsies & Conspiracies, Waistcoats & WeaponryĪlso by this author: Curtsies & Conspiracies, Waistcoats & Weaponry Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage - in the politest possible ways, of course.
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