The Strange Adventures of H av Sarah Burton

<b>Shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award</b></p><p>Orphaned young, H is sent to live with her doting aunt in London. H’s life is a happy one until her lecherous cousin robs her of her innocence, and the plague takes away the city and the people she loves. H is cast out – friendless, pregnant and destitute – into the rapidly emptying streets of London under quarantine.</p><p>Forced to fend for herself, she is determined to gain back the life she lost. H will face a villain out for revenge, find love in the most unexpected places, and overcome a betrayal that she never could have foreseen. Weathering it all, can H charm, or scheme, her way to the life of freedom and independence that she longs for?</p><p><b>''Full of terrific historical detail... has that sparky confidence and unputdownable quality.''</b> <br/><i>Alison Pearson, judge for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize</i><p><b>''This book is well written and the narrator, in whichever guise, is engaging''</b> <br/><i>Historical Novel Society</i></p>