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Philippa, the daughter of Makepeace Burke, is about to enter into a marriage of convenience when she discovers that her long-time friend, the Marquis de Condorcet, is in dire danger because of the Reign of Terror and comes up with a daring scheme to save him from the guillotine, in a novel set during the French Revolution, by the author of Taking Liberties. Original.
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Few of those Philippa loves in London return her affection. Not the love of her life, who has a new bride. Not even her widowed mother, Makepeace Burke. So Philippa decides on a marriage of convenience to a prudish, if kind, man. Across the Channel in France, the Reign of Terror is causing the beheading of thousands from the French nobility. Among those in danger is Philippa's friend, the Marquis de Condorcet. Not only has Philippa the means of rescuing him from the guillotine, she's got the courage. And as fate would have it, Philippa will find love where she least expects it-while staring death in the face.
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