{"title":"Lizzie Pook","description":"Lizzie 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 The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times (London), Lonely Planet, and Cond? Nast Traveler. Lizzie is the author of Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge and Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter. Visit her at LizziePook.com or connect with her on Twitter @LizziePook.","products":[{"product_id":"maude-hortons-glorious-revenge-paperback","title":"Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge - Paperback","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 in this \"engrossing historical mystery\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 the constant dangers of the icy North. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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's watching Constance, and she knows that his attention could be fatal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn order to get the answers she needs, Maude shadows 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaude Horton's Glorious Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \"addictive\" (Emilia Hart, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWeyword\u003c\/i\u003e), \"utterly compulsive\" (Emma Stonex, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about the lengths we will go to for justice--and for love.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103811834079,"sku":"9781982180553","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cFVDpwtHnO9781982180553.webp?v=1781097685"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/lizzie-pook.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}