A rare interest in corpses:
Lizzie Martin arrives in London in 1864 to become, reluctantly, a lady's companion. Her first impressions of the big city are disturbing: she's barely out of the station when her cab encounters a wagon carrying the sad remains of a young woman recently dead. At her new home, Lizzie learns...
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| Summary: | Lizzie Martin arrives in London in 1864 to become, reluctantly, a lady's companion. Her first impressions of the big city are disturbing: she's barely out of the station when her cab encounters a wagon carrying the sad remains of a young woman recently dead. At her new home, Lizzie learns that her predecessor, Madeleine Hexham, disappeared one day without a word of warning. Lizzie's scandalised employer assumes immoral behaviour to be behind the girl's departure, but Lizzie's conversations with the staff soon persuade her that there's a deeper mystery there |
| Physical Description: | 410 p. 24 cm |
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