The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - Lauren Willig

Pirates of the Carribean meets Possession in this tale of espionage, intrigue, romance and comedy.

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation opens with the story of a modern day heroine with a healthy curiosity, a weakness for suede Jimmy Choo boots and a secret penchant for romance, but soon the action shifts to Paris in the wake of the French Revolution, when spies and intrigue were the order of the day.

Eloise Kelly has come to England to complete her dissertation on those dashing spies, The Secret Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. But when she discovers a trunk full of old diaries and letters, Eloise stumbles across something the finest historians have missed: a secret history of the most elusive spy of all, The Pink Carnation, said to have single handedly saved England from Napoleon's invasion - and a passionate romance that almost changed the course of history. As she unveils a fabulous tale of espionage, swordplay, mistaken identity, passion and romance, Eloise begins to unmask a hero of her own. Adventurous, sexy, funny, thoroughly entertaining and shamelessly escapist, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation is as irresistible as that block of chocolate you know you really shouldn't have...

About Lauren Willig:
Yale Graduate, 26, is a law student and PhD candidate in history at Harvard University. When her advisor asked what she planned to do with a PhD, Willig said she wanted to write historically accurate women's fiction and he laughed. But she has had the last laugh. Her first book led to a major international two-book deal after a hotly contested auction, countless foreign sales and film rights have already been optioned.

Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 1863254781
RRP: $29.95