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Duels & Deception

by Cindy Anstey

Ages: 14+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Swoon Reads/Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-1-250-11909-4

Keywords: Propriety, Class, Censure

In 1800's London, a young lady of 17, poised to marry and manage her late father's estate, finds herself entangled with a winsome law clerk.