being a revelation of matters of high confidentiality and greatest importance, including extracts from the intimate diary of a noblewoman and the sworn testimony of a lady of quality
Patricia C. Wrede: The Grand Tour, or, The purloined coronation regalia (2006, Magic Carpet Books)
469 pages
English language
Published Oct. 8, 2006 by Magic Carpet Books.
In 1817, two English cousins take a honeymoon "Grand Tour of the Continent" with their new husbands and become entangled in a mysterious plot to create a magical Emperor of Europe.
4.5 Not quite epistolary this one and - surpisingly - I enjoyed the style a bit less, because of that. The story is more subtantial though, the characters' voice are more distinct and the resolution less facile. Still you probably won't read for amazing plot twists, but for the atmosphere and the characters - oh, and shiny, sparkly cover!
A most excellently constructed jaunt.
