| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xi, 553 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. |
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"Read with Jenna"--Jacket. |
| Summary |
"An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II-a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong to the King, but twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household and their guests-her sister, Flossie (known affectionately as "The Veg"); her brother Digby, the long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitkat, maidservant; Taras, a hot-tempered visiting artist-build a theatre within the whale's skeleton. Cristabel is an orphan, mostly ignored by her feckless step-parents and brisk governesses. But within the Whalebone Theatre, she is fully at home and in charge, and her imagination comes to life. As Cristabel grows into a headstrong young woman, chafing against expectations, World War II rears its head. She and Digby become British secret agents working undercover in Nazi-Occupied France on separate missions-a more dangerous kind of play-acting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart. The Whalebone Theatre is a sweeping, transporting, completely irresistible novel, full of warmth and charm, humor and poignancy, passion and adventure-a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Spy fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Title |
Whalebone Theater |
| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Quinn, Joanna, 1976- Whalebone Theatre [London] : Fig Tree, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2022 9780241542835 |
| ISBN |
9780593321706 (hardcover) |
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0593321707 (hardcover) |
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