The Protegee
by
Erica Ridley
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0593897668
ISBN-13
9780593897669
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Imprint
Delacorte Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 10th, 2025
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
412 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 14.90 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories
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A working-class French young woman would kill to become assistant to Paris''s top modiste, but she must first seek vengeance against those responsible for the death of her family, in this thrilling historical horror from New York Times bestselling author Erica Ridley!
Eighteen-year-old Angélique dreams of designing extravagant gowns like the ladies in the bourgeoise wear to balls and soirées. Because shes working-class, Angélique knows that her life will, instead, be spent dyeing silk for a living. That is, until her parents and younger sibling are killed in the sweatshop where theyve toiled. Now orphaned, and with another sister to protect, Angélique vows vengeance against the factory owner growing richer by treating his employees as disposable.
To improve her station, Angélique takes a position as a junior seamstress for Paris''s top modiste. Though she''s bullied for being poor and her meager salary isn''t enough to pay rent, she refuses to give in. Her sister and crush, a handsome, immigrant shoemaker, wont allow it. Then the modiste proposes a contest to win the well-paid, coveted assistant position. Angélique would do anything to earn the career of her dreams. Whats a little arsenic between girls after all?
As Angélique outshines--and outlives--the competition, she also wields her newfound privilege and power to exact revenge on those who ruined her family and blossoms into a new role: Pariss greatest protégée.
Eighteen-year-old Angélique dreams of designing extravagant gowns like the ladies in the bourgeoise wear to balls and soirées. Because shes working-class, Angélique knows that her life will, instead, be spent dyeing silk for a living. That is, until her parents and younger sibling are killed in the sweatshop where theyve toiled. Now orphaned, and with another sister to protect, Angélique vows vengeance against the factory owner growing richer by treating his employees as disposable.
To improve her station, Angélique takes a position as a junior seamstress for Paris''s top modiste. Though she''s bullied for being poor and her meager salary isn''t enough to pay rent, she refuses to give in. Her sister and crush, a handsome, immigrant shoemaker, wont allow it. Then the modiste proposes a contest to win the well-paid, coveted assistant position. Angélique would do anything to earn the career of her dreams. Whats a little arsenic between girls after all?
As Angélique outshines--and outlives--the competition, she also wields her newfound privilege and power to exact revenge on those who ruined her family and blossoms into a new role: Pariss greatest protégée.
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