The Bastille spy / C.S. Quinn.

By: Quinn, C. S [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Quinn, C. S. Revolution spy ; [1].Publisher: London : Corvus, 2019Description: 418 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1786498421; 1786498456; 9781786498458; 9781786498427Subject(s): Revolution (France : 1789-1799) | 1789-1799 | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Suspense fiction | English fiction -- France | Murder -- Investigation -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Women spies -- Fiction | Conspiracies -- Fiction | France | Paris (France) -- Fiction | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- FictionGenre/Form: Spy stories | Historical fiction | Thrillers (Fiction). | Spy fiction | Historical fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Spy fiction. | Historical fiction. | Spy fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: "Paris, 1789. English spy Attica Morgan's success freeing kidnapped Britons has earned her acclaim with an underground network. But it has also led to attention of dangerously powerful men. So when she's given a new assignment in Paris, a city with revolution in the air, her instinct is to run. Because in Paris, nothing is what it seems. Skirmishes in the city are rife and English visitors are viewed with suspicion. Attica is charged with investigating the murder of a rebel in the morgue of the Bastille, that notorious prison of no return. A murder her backers are convinced is part of a much more treacherous plot. With France is on the cusp of a bloody revolution, Attica soon realizes her mission is a great deal deadlier than she bargained for. A mythic treasure has vanished, a strange man named Robespierre wants her dead, and on the city streets, all hell is about to break loose..."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-418)

"Paris, 1789. English spy Attica Morgan's success freeing kidnapped Britons has earned her acclaim with an underground network. But it has also led to attention of dangerously powerful men. So when she's given a new assignment in Paris, a city with revolution in the air, her instinct is to run. Because in Paris, nothing is what it seems. Skirmishes in the city are rife and English visitors are viewed with suspicion. Attica is charged with investigating the murder of a rebel in the morgue of the Bastille, that notorious prison of no return. A murder her backers are convinced is part of a much more treacherous plot. With France is on the cusp of a bloody revolution, Attica soon realizes her mission is a great deal deadlier than she bargained for. A mythic treasure has vanished, a strange man named Robespierre wants her dead, and on the city streets, all hell is about to break loose..."--Publisher description.

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