The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

Willig, Lauren

ISBN 10: 0525948600 / ISBN 13: 9780525948605

Published by Dutton, New York, 2005

About this Item

First printing, February 2005, stated; full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page: "To Marisa, / With best wishes, / Lauren Willig." The author's debut novel and the first of the Pink Carnation series, which reached twelve titles in 2015. The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $19.95); light edgewear. Two bookmarks laid in, one from BelleBooks and one from the Concord Bookshop (Mass.). Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 004202

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

Publisher: Dutton, New York

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Leaving Harvard to complete her dissertation on the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian in England, Eloise Kelly discovers lost historical information that reveals the secret life of the most elusive spy of all time, a figure who single-handedly saved England from Napoleon's invasion. A first novel. 40,000 first printing.

About the Author:

Lauren Willig is a law student and Ph.D. candidate in history at Harvard University. She is the author of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation.