An edition of The book of fires
(2009)
The book of fires
Large print ed.
by Jane Borodale
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- As winter approaches, two guilty secrets drive seventeen-year-old Agnes Trussel to run away from her home in rural Sussex. Pregnant with an unwanted child and carrying stolen coins, she is shocked by the squalor and poverty of London. She finds work as an assistant to John Blacklock, a firework maker, and also meets Cornelius Soul, seller of gunpowder. Why does Blacklock so vehemently disapprove of Mr Soul - and what is Blacklock hiding from her? Her own secret is becoming harder to conceal, and caught between her crime and her condition it appears that ruin must be inevitable ...
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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.
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