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Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.
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"Although America officially declared its independence in 1776, we owe much of our heritage, culture, and even style of living to England, our mother country. In this alphabetic tour topics such as the British Isles, Guy Fawkes, the Crown Jewels, and London are presented"--Provided by publisher.