Borodale, Jane.

The book of fires / Jane Borodale. - 1st American ed. - New York : Viking, 2010, c2009. - 360 p. ; 24 cm.

"Pamela Dorman books." Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2009. Lariat Reading List, TLA 2011

Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-360).

The year is 1752, and 17-year-old Agnes Trussel arrives in London pregnant with an unwanted child. Lost and frightened, she lands work as an apprentice to a fireworks maker. As she learns the trade, she joins in his quest to make the most spectacular fireworks the world has ever seen.

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Women--Fiction.


London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PR6102.O76 / B66 2010

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