To SirPhillip, With Loveis set in 1824, and postage stamps weren't introduced in the UK until 1840. First world postal stamp ever issued : the Penny Black, Great Britain, 1840.Public Domain as per Wikimedia Commons. Bonus Features
Public domain as per Wikimedia Commons I stumbled upon the idea of dissected maps when I was researching the history of jigsaw puzzles. (I can no longer remember why; maybe just because I love them myself.) There is some disagreement over who made the first one, but John Spilsbury, a L...
When another suspicious death occurs, Camille intensifies her investigation. She has precious little time to ferret out the truth. Not only is her book deadline looming—she’s desperate to discover if the man she’s falling for is a murderer. Q & A with Alicia Dean Hello, Alicia, and we...
Which is what I had in the first place. All of the inns mentioned at the end of the book are real inns in Hampstead. The Spaniards Inn (where much of the action takes place) is one of the oldest inns in London and has quite a storied history. Dick Turpin, the famed highwayman, ...
Bonus Features Events JQ Around the World Sign-Up! FAQAll Book Extras JuliaQuinn.com News Newsletter MoreInside the StoryThere is always more to the story — the story of writing the book, that is. For each book I gather a few interesting tidbits, sometimes some images, even a few videos...
I have always been a total geek for maps, so I was very excited to be able to include some cartography in the book. The first map that Thomas and Amelia look at (the one in which Greenland looks so big) is a Mercator projection: ...
“There is no way you could have had the ace,” Hugh hissed. The ace had been after the jack, which had been next to the ten… “But I did,” Daniel said with a shrug. And a burp. “You couldn’t,” Hugh shot back, stumbling for balance. “I know every card in the deck.”...
“I don’t see why this is such a hardship. Henry and Caroline love you like their own, and you told me yourself that you like Belle and Ned better than any of your friends in Boston.” “But they’ve been visiting for two months. It’s not as if I haven’t seen them recently...
Bonus Features Enjoy an Excerpt from First Comes Scandal Rokesby Series UK Edition 2020 Original Cover Jump to Ordering Options Listen to an Audio Excerpt Awards & Achievements Chapter One Kent, England 1791 At least no one had died. Beyond that, Nicholas Rokesby had not a clue why he’d ...