An Almond for a Parrot
by:
Wray Delaney (author)
1756, In Newgate prison, a girl awaits trial."I lie on this hard bed, counting the bricks in the ceiling of this miserable cell"Accused of murder, she will surely hang if found guilty."Already the best seats atNewgate Prison have been sold in anticipation"London thinks of her as a celebrity."The...
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1756, In Newgate prison, a girl awaits trial."I lie on this hard bed, counting the bricks in the ceiling of this miserable cell"Accused of murder, she will surely hang if found guilty."Already the best seats atNewgate Prison have been sold in anticipation"London thinks of her as a celebrity."The papers are full of what she does, what she wears"She is Tully Truegood Orphan.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780008182540
Publisher: HQ, Harper Collins
Pages no: 395
Edition language: English
Wray Delaney has concocted a delightfully scandalous historical fantasy in An Almond for a Parrot. In this wild tale, Tully Truegood tells us about her strange life—from her less than auspicious beginnings on London’s Milk Street as the daughter of a drunkard to the reason she is sitting in prison a...
8 years ago
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