The Phoenix Crown including cage birds

The Phoenix Crown including cage birdsSan Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden haired, silver voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose

the cultural boundaries that initially separated the two families gradually dissolve

Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding

animals and flowers to dress the dolls and decorate the pages

and some you've never heard of--the delights of the honey possum and the mysteries of the saola await

‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot

The second book in the laugh-out-loud cartoon-filled adventure series for 7+ readers

laced with subterfuge

it has a handy and practical supplement on punctuation and spelling rules

Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must work to solve the puzzles the killer leaves behind before more innocents die

and then again

Marcel Proust and Evelyn Waugh

‘Had me gripped right from the beginning’