That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
Set in a near-future world where the British Empire was preserved, not by the cost of blood and theft but by effort of repatriation and promises kept, That Inevitable Victorian Thing is a novel of love, duty, and the small moments that can change people and the world.
Victoria-Margaret is the crown princess of the empire, a direct descendant of Victoria I, the queen who changed the course of history two centuries earlier. The imperial practice of genetically arranged matchmaking will soon guide Margaret into a politically advantageous marriage like her mother before her, but before she does her duty, she’ll have one summer incognito in a far corner of empire. In Toronto, she meets Helena Marcus, daughter of one of the empire’s greatest placement geneticists, and August Callaghan, the heir apparent to a powerful shipping firm currently besieged by American pirates. In a summer of high-society debutante balls, politically charged tea parties, and romantic country dances, Margaret, Helena, and August discover they share an unusual bond and maybe a one in a million chance to have what they want and to change the world in the process —just like the first Queen Victoria.
- File Name:that-inevitable-victorian-thing-by-e-k-johnston.epub
- Original Title:That Inevitable Victorian Thing
- Creator:E.K. Johnston
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:9781101994573
- Publisher:Dutton Books for Young Readers
- Date:2017-10-03
- File Size:802.952 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Title Page
- 3. Copyright
- 4. Dedication
- 5. Contents
- 6. Preamble
- 7. Part I
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Interlude
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- 8. Part II
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Interlude
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Interlude
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- 9. Preamble
- 10. Author’s Note
- 11. Acknowledgements