Sophy of Kravonia : A Novel

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hope, Anthony.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unlikely heroine Sophy Grouch was dealt a harsh hand in life. Orphaned at an early age, she ekes out a meager living as a lowly servant. But when a series of events and coincidences give her the opportunity to escape her life of servitude, she dives in headfirst and turns things around. Will Sophy's astounding good luck hold out, or will her shocking secret be revealed?

Contents:

Title; Contents; Introduction; PART I - MORPINGHAM; I - Enoch Grouch's Daughter; II - The Cook and the Catechism; III - Beautiful Julia-And My Lord; IV - Fate's Way-Or Lady Meg's; V - The Vision of ""Something Bright""; PART II - PARIS; I - Pharos, Mantis, and Co.; II - The Lord of Youth; III - The Note-And No Reasons; IV - The Picture and the Star; PART III - KRAVONIA; I - The Name-Day of the King; II - At the Golden Lion; III - The Virgin with the Lamp; IV - The Message of the Night; V - A Question of Memory; VI - ""Impossible"" or ""Immediate""?; VII - The Baroness Goes to Court

VIII - Monseigneur's UniformIX - Countess Ellenburg Prays; X - The Sound of a Trumpet; XI - M. Zerkovitch's Bedroom Fire; XII - Joyful of Heart; XIII - A Delicate Duty; XIV - His Majesty Dies-To-Morrow!; XV - A Job for Captain Hercules; XVI - A Frenchman and a Mattress; XVII - Ingenious Colonel Stafnitz; XVIII - To the Faithful City; XIX - The Silver Ring; XX - They Have Colds in Slavna; XXI - On Saturday at Miklevni!; XXII - Jealous of Death; XXIII - A Woman and a Ghost; XXIV - True to Her Love; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77652-600-7

OCLC:

828793440