Title: The book of fires
Description: 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.
Subjects: Women, Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, London (england), fiction
Places: London (England)
Time periods: 18th century