Bibliograph

Into the world, Stephanie Parkyn

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Label

Into the world, Stephanie Parkyn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-437)

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Into the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Stephanie Parkyn

Summary

1791. In the midst of the French Revolution, unwed mother Marie-Louise Girardin takes one last look at her baby son before entrusting him to her friend, the revolutionary Olympe de Gouges. She must escape and a daring plan will bring her anonymity and the independence to return one day for her son. Disguising herself as a man, she joins a voyage of exploration employed as a steward on the Recherche, one of two ships commissioned to journey to the Great Southern Ocean to find the missing explorer La Perouse. Protecting her identity throughout, Marie-Louise forms friendships among the eccentric naturalists. But tensions rise between the royalist officers and the revolutionaries, and Marie-Louise's position becomes precarious when she discovers someone on board knows the secrets of her past. When the expedition docks in Java, chaos erupts as they learn of King Louis XVI's execution and are imprisoned by the Dutch. Marie-Louise seems certain to be unmasked. Will she ever return to France and be reunited with her child?

Target audience

adult

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