The counterfeit guest
By: Rose Melikan
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781847441355; 9781847441362; 9780751539950
Subjects: Young women; Fiction; History
Description: Summer, 1796. After years of poverty, Mary Frith has come into an unexpected fortune. Mary has an adventurous spirit, and the balls, dresses and endless teas are not enough. So when a mysterious spymaster asks her to keep an eye on her friends Susannah and her husband, Mary leaps at the chance, not realising the danger she faces.