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In the bustling streets of 1917 London, Grace Mabry, a determined suffragette, delivers a white feather—a symbol of cowardice—to Jack Benningham. Unbeknownst to her, Jack is an English spy operating beneath the war’s shadow. Their accidental exchange thrusts both into a web of danger and treachery, revealing the hidden complexities of loyalty and resistance during the First World War.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Kate Breslin
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