American Eloise Kelly arrives in England to unmask the Pink
Carnation, a contemporary of the Scarlet Pimpernel and the
Purple Gentian, for her Harvard dissertation. Contacting
descendants of the Pimpernel and Gentian, Eloise receives a
reply from relatives of the Gentian, who give her letters
regarding the adventures of the Purple Gentian and Pink
Carnation. Finding the story of a lifetime, Eloise quickly
is submersed in the life of Amy Balcourt, an exiled French
woman, who was seeking the identity of the Purple Gentian.
The only obstacle is Colin Selwick, a descendent of the
Purple Gentian, who tries to end Eloise's research.
Colin Selwick has no patience with historians digging up
ancient history that could land his family in the tabloids.
He tries intimidating the latest snoop, an irritating
American, using his best upper-crust English demeanor.
However, Colin meets his match. Eloise's head might be in
the clouds with historical adventures and romances, but
down to her Jimmy Choo boots, Eloise will not budge on
continuing her research.
While Eloise and Colin clash, she continues reading and
gaining further clues on the Pink Carnation's identity. Her
excitement rises as she reads Amy's letters regarding Amy's
race against time with a certain handsome peer to uncover a
French plot to invade England.
Ms. Willig's debut novel is Bridget Jones meets an
adventurous historical romance. Filled with historical
details, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE PINK CARNATION is a book
within a book. Both stories will keep readers laughing and
turning pages in suspense until the last tidbit is exposed.
Deciding that true romantic heroes are a thing of the past,
Eloise Kelly, an intelligent American who always manages to
wear her Jimmy Choo suede boots on the day it rains, leaves
Harvard’s Widener Library bound for England to finish her
dissertation on the dashing pair of spies the Scarlet
Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. What she discovers is
something the finest historians have missed: a secret
history that begins with a letter dated 1803. Eloise has
found the secret history of the Pink Carnation—the most
elusive spy of all time, the spy who single-handedly saved
England from Napoleon’s invasion.
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, a wildly
imaginative and highly adventurous debut, opens with the
story of a modern-day heroine but soon becomes a book
within a book. Eloise Kelly settles in to read the secret
history hoping to unmask the Pink Carnation’s identity, but
before she can make this discovery, she uncovers a
passionate romance within the pages of the secret history
that almost threw off the course of world events. How did
the Pink Carnation save England? What became of the Scarlet
Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian? And will Eloise Kelly
find a hero of her own?
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