Mistress Firebrand
British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater with her witty comedies, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent...
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British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater with her witty comedies, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success on the Continent, she seizes the opportunity to court his patronage.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00KWG5ZCA
Publisher: NAL
Pages no: 409
Edition language: English
Series: Renegades of the Revolution
4,5 starsAmerican revolution is an era that I haven’t read much – if anything, so this was all new and fascinating for me.I liked Jenny who was a strong woman who was determined to be successful in her own right. In a time when actress was pretty much synonym for a whore it wasn’t easy to be taken s...