''Tightly plotted and hugely readable'' Jane Rogers, author of PROMISED LANDS
''Marvellous . . . fans of immersive historical fiction, the 18th century, all things French and a dash of peril, this one''s for you'' Emily Brand, author of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BYRON
''Glasfurd deftly, elegantly captures this volatile world of impoverished attic rooms and gilded literary salons'' DAILY MAIL
''I thought of the books we carried and the hands that would one day hold them. The pages read, turned and discussed. And how the book would become thought and the thought then become the person gone out into the world. Let Gilbert try and put a stop to that.''
After her father is disgraced, Delphine Vimond is cast out of her home in Rouen and flees to Paris. Into her life tumbles Chancery Smith, apprentice printer sent from London to discover the mysterious author of potentially incendiary papers marked only D. In a battle of wits with the French c
