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If you like steampunk stories by Cherie Priest and Gail Carriger, you'll love Shelley Adina's Lady of Devices! London, 1889. Victoria is Queen. Charles Darwin's son is Prime Minister. And steam is the power that runs the world. At 17, Claire Trevelyan, daughter of Viscount St. Ives, was... read more
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Characters edit
- Claire Elizabeth Trevelyan: A young woman who has just graduated, lost her home, family, who is resourceful, smart, and inventive-especially concerning 'devices'
- Lord James Selwyn: A wealthy and eligible young man interested in inventions, partnered with Andrew Malvern, dislikes Claire
- Willie: A very young street urchin who takes to Claire, does not speak
- Mr. Jake: Young street urchin, very intelligent, distrustful. Scalded by Claire's Landau.
- Mr. Tigg: Young street urchin, very intelligent, interested in machines
- Mr. Andrew Malvern: An engineer and inventor, James's partner, kind, friendly
- Emilie Fragonard: Claire's best friend
- Rosie: A hen the street urchins found
- Lady St. Ives: Claire's mother
- Lady Julia Wellesley: One of the girls Claire went to school with, very condescending
- Elizabeth "Lizzie": One of the street urchins, Maggie's twin, together they are known as the "Mopsies"
- Mrs. Morven: The family cook
- Lightning Luke Jackson: One of the toughest and most feared gang leaders
- Margaret "Maggie": One of the street urchins, Lizzie's twin, together they are known as the "Mopsies"
- Snouts McTavish: The 'leader' of the young street urchins
- Billy Crumwell: Gang leader, thief
- Silvie: A lady's maid
- Lady Catherine Montrose: One of the girls Claire went to school with, very condescending, Julia's friend
- Nicholas: Add a description of this character.
- Peony Churchill: Close friend of Claire.
- Madame Du Barry
- Beaton
- Penwith: Claire's family's butler
- Mrs. Fragonard: Emilie's mother
- Mr. Richard Arundel: Attorney for Claire's family
- Mrs. Stanley Churchill: Mover & shaker in Parliament.
- Marquess of Blatchley: A young man related to James
- Mr. Bonaventure
- Mama
- Lewis
- Miss Trevelyan
- Cherie Priest
- Miss Margaret
- Alice
- Viscount St. Ives
- Grünwald
- Miss Gloria Meriwether-Astor
- Miss Elizabeth
- Lady Claire
- Robin
- Baron Bryce
Setting & Locations edit
London, 1889
- Cornwall
- London
- Wellesley House
- St. Cecelia's Academy for Young Ladies: Claire's school
- Belgravia
- Victoria Station
- Carrick House: Claire's London home
First Sentence edit
To say the explosion rocked the laboratory at St. Cecelia's Academy for Young Ladies might have overstated the case, but she was still never going to hear the end of it.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 thru Chapter 29
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Magnificent Devices. (standard series)
Followed by Her Own Devices.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shelley Adina (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Shelley Adina
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 31, 2011
ISBN: 1463549997
Page Count: 202
Publisher: Shelley Adina
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 31, 2011
ISBN: 1463549997
Page Count: 202
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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