Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education. Set in her popular Parasol Protectorate universe, take a look at this exclusive excerpt of Gail Carriger’s Etiquette & Espionage, the first book in a new YA series. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage-in the politest possible ways, of course. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish.everything. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.īut Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. Its quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. 39,460 Ratings Its one thing to learn to curtsy properly.Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, 1) by Gail Carriger 3.81 avg. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners-and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. This young adult steampunk series debut set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor Gail Carriger's legions of fans have come to adore.įourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother.
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