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Set in 1814, when Napoleon has escaped from Elba and Britain faces war on multiple fronts, the Stranje House School for Unusual Girls trains five young ladies for a world of spies, diplomacy, and war. As Napoleon’s invasion of England unfolds, a traitor within the school leaks information to his spies. Lady Jane Moore, called a mastermind by headmistress Emma Stranje, takes on the challenge of uncovering the traitor, using her quick grasp of facts to devise and execute a plan that could save her friend Alexander Sinclair, her fellow students, and possibly England itself.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Kathleen Baldwin
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