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Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientèle. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile...
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The night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs launch a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class "Rollicking fun and entirely original. Anyone who relishes a good party gone wrong will devour this." --Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she's...
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Inspiria
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2021.
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Russian
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"1791 god. Kholodnyĭ fevralʹskiĭ vecher. Zadvorki malenʹkogo londonskogo pereulka. Nella v svoeĭ aptekarskoĭ lavke ozhidaet novui͡u zakazchit͡su. Kogda-to Nella byla t͡selitelʹnit͡seĭ, a teperʹ ispolʹzuet svoi znanii͡a, chtoby pomochʹ otchai͡avshimsi͡a zhenshchinam osvoboditʹsi͡a ot muzhchin, oboshedshikhsi͡a s nimi podlo i zhestoko. No v tot vecher vmesto zakazchit͡sy u nee na poroge poi͡avitsi͡a dvenadt͡satiletni͡ai͡a...