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The Second Footman

Af: Jasper Barry Engelsk Paperback

The Second Footman

Af: Jasper Barry Engelsk Paperback
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Nineteen year-old Max is the duchesse de Claireville''s second footman, but he does not intend to endure the indignities of service for long. He has a plan—to find an aristocratic patron who will become his unwitting accomplice in an audacious fraud.It is true that in 1880s'' France, despite nearly a century of revolution and social turmoil, the aristocracy is still firmly entrenched in privilege, and the gulf between the salon and the servants'' hall is as wide as ever. But Max is handsome, quick to learn and confident of his abilities as a seducer of both men and women.Whether ladling soup into noble plates beneath crystal chandeliers, or reading biographies of the great generals in his squalid footman''s dormitory, he is planning his strategy. He, Max, is the man of the future - ruthless, above morality and sentimental attachments.Yet, when, after a couple of false starts, he at last acquires his patron, he finds himself ambushed by instinctive longings—for friendship, for affection—that threaten his grand plan. ''Be true to yourself…'' the saying goes. But to which self? And what is ''truth''?
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Nineteen year-old Max is the duchesse de Claireville''s second footman, but he does not intend to endure the indignities of service for long. He has a plan—to find an aristocratic patron who will become his unwitting accomplice in an audacious fraud.It is true that in 1880s'' France, despite nearly a century of revolution and social turmoil, the aristocracy is still firmly entrenched in privilege, and the gulf between the salon and the servants'' hall is as wide as ever. But Max is handsome, quick to learn and confident of his abilities as a seducer of both men and women.Whether ladling soup into noble plates beneath crystal chandeliers, or reading biographies of the great generals in his squalid footman''s dormitory, he is planning his strategy. He, Max, is the man of the future - ruthless, above morality and sentimental attachments.Yet, when, after a couple of false starts, he at last acquires his patron, he finds himself ambushed by instinctive longings—for friendship, for affection—that threaten his grand plan. ''Be true to yourself…'' the saying goes. But to which self? And what is ''truth''?
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 488
ISBN-13: 9781780883656
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 178088365X
Udg. Dato: 1 feb 2013
Længde: 9mm
Bredde: 272mm
Højde: 217mm
Forlag: Troubador Publishing
Oplagsdato: 1 feb 2013
Forfatter(e): Jasper Barry
Forfatter(e) Jasper Barry


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ISBN-13 9781780883656


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 488


Udgave


Længde 9mm


Bredde 272mm


Højde 217mm


Udg. Dato 1 feb 2013


Oplagsdato 1 feb 2013


Forlag Troubador Publishing