num_pages: 336
description: Ousted from her family by her new stepmother, Eliza Rose makes her way to London--only to be thrown straight into prison for stealing a bite to eat. Her life takes a remarkable twist when she is rescued and befriended by the infamous actress Nelly Gwyn. Nelly introduces her to the courtly intrigue, politics, and glamour of the court of King Charles II, as well as to a handsome young man known as Valentine Howard. Eliza is smitten, yet their love cannot be, as she is only a lowly maid and he is an aristocrat.From orange seller to mermaid and to a lady about town, Eliza will take on many remarkable guises, but will she ever find what she yearns to know--a place where she truly belongs?
language: English
title: The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
titlecomplete: The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
genres: British Literature, Historical, Teen, Historical Romance, Young Adult, Romance, Historical Fiction, 17th Century, Fiction, Young Adult Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1669
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens