Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine, no inscroptions just some slight wrinkling to initial pages. . Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, not price cliped, just a little offsetting to rear of wrapper. First UK Edition, First Printing. with full number line. Plain signed by author on half title page.

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Title: The Foundling - signed first edition
Publisher: Manilla Press, London
Publication Date: 2020
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1838770062
ISBN 13: 9781838770068
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Lucy Rose Cartwright; Patrick Knowles
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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London, 1754. Six years after leaving her newborn, Clara, at London's Foundling Hospital, young Bess Bright returns to reclaim the illegitimate daughter she has never really known. Dreading the worst--that Clara has died in care--the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl, and why.

Les than a mile from Bess's lodgings in a quiet town house, a wealthy widow barely ventures outside. When her close friend, an ambitious doctor at the Foundling Hospital, persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her young daughter, she is hesitant to welcome someone new into her home and her life. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and will soon tear her carefully constructed world apart.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Georgian London, The Foundling explores families and secrets, class and power, and how the pull of motherhood cuts across them all.

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M&B Books is a partnership between an experienced part-time dealer and an enthusiastic relative newcomer, now with six year's experience, both based in South London, England. Mick McLean has been selling collectable books at markets and Book Fairs in the UK since 1983. He also once exhibitied at the Rocky Mountain Book Fair in Denver, Co. Mick sells mainly Modern First Editions with a crime and mystery focus reflecting his own collecting interests. To complement Mick?s depth of experience, Peter...

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