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Anna, a twelve‑year‑old foundling living in late nineteenth‑century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry. A woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and brings Anna to a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany, setting the stage for a tale of family, identity, and mystery.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Eva Ibbotson
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