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Now they’re about to change her life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"MsoTableGrid\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"421\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 316.05pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji'; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003e📚\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eA richly imagined historical novel set in Georgian London, based on the true story of one woman who believed that books should be for everyone, not just the privileged few.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eVolume 1 of the Chiswell Street Chronicles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1775. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBooks have always been Dorcas Turton’s refuge—but now they may be her salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eDorcas should have inherited security and status, but after her mother’s untimely death, she is stunned by the discovery that her father’s compulsive gambling has brought them close to ruin. With the threat of debtor’s prison looming large, she must employ all her ingenuity to keep their creditors at bay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortunately, ingenuity is something Dorcas is not short of. An avid reader, novels have taught her the lessons her governess failed to. Forsaking hopes of marriage and children, she opens a day-school for girls. But unbeknown to Dorcas, her father hasn't given up his extravagant ways. When bailiffs come pounding on the door, their only option is to take in lodgers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe arrival of larger-than-life James Lackington and his wife Nancy breathes new life into the diminished household. Mr Lackington aspires to join the ranks of Georgian London's booksellers, and what James Lackington sets out to do, he tends to achieve. Soon Dorcas discovers she is not only guilty of envying Mrs Lackington her strong simple faith and adaptable nature. 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