Etiquette & Espionage

Written by Gail Carriger

Book #1 in the Finishing School series

A finishing school teaches espionage and etiquette. Can Sophronia survive her first year?

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307 pages· 72,351 words· Est. 6.5 hour read· HL780L· AR 5.4 · 11 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

In an alternate 1851 England, 14-year-old Sophronia is sent to a finishing school with a twist. Beyond dance and etiquette, she learns espionage and deceit. As she navigates this unexpected curriculum, Sophronia must master the art of polite intrigue. Will she rise to the challenge or become ensnared in the school's secrets?

From the publisher

This young adult steampunk series debut set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor Gail Carriger’s legions of fans have come to adore. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners–and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine’s, young ladies learn to finish…everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage–in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year’s education.

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