{"product_id":"maude-hortons-glorious-revenge-9781420513561","title":"Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London, disguising herself as a boy to board the \u003ci\u003eMakepeace\u003c\/i\u003e, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing off with the constant dangers of the icy North.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven more dangerous than the cold, the storms, and the hunger, are some of the men aboard--including the ship's scientist Edison Stowe. He seems to be watching Constance, and she knows that his attention could be fatal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn London two years later: Maude Horton is searching for the truth. After being told by the British Admiralty that her sister's death onboard the \u003ci\u003eMakepeace\u003c\/i\u003e was nothing more than a tragic accident, she receives a diary revealing that Edison Stowe had more of a hand in Constance's death than the returning crew acknowledged.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to get the answers she needs, Maude decides to shadow Edison. She joins him on a new venture he's started to capitalize on the murder mania that has all of London in a frenzy--a travel company that takes guests around the country via train to witness public hangings--to extract the truth from him in any way possible. As tensions and dangers mount, it ultimately falls to Maude to enact the ultimate revenge to get justice for her sister.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaude Horton's Glorious Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e is a transporting, atmospheric novel about the lengths we will go to for justice--and for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLizzie Pook is a London-based travel writer and journalist whose work has taken her to some of the farthest-flung parts of the planet, from the trans-Himalayas--in search of elusive snow leopards--to the vast, uninhabited east coast of Greenland. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London), \u003ci\u003eLonely Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e. Lizzie is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaude Horton's Glorious Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoonlight and the Pearler's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her at LizziePook.com or connect with her on Twitter @LizziePook.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thorndike Press Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914838774034,"sku":"9781420513561","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49cc2238-d612-4007-83d2-d14947595cf3.jpg?v=1752577786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maude-hortons-glorious-revenge-9781420513561","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}