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The Actress : a Martha Beale novel ; /

The Actress takes readers to Victorian-era Philadelphia with a tale of political machinations, revenge and murder. When Becky Grey Taitt’s abusive husband threatens to divorce her and keep their child, she agrees to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters in exchange for the aid of powerful jurist, Alon...

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Main Author:	Biddle, Cordelia Frances
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified[] : [Publisher not identified], 2015.
Subjects:	Philadelphia (Pa.) > Fiction. Counterfeiters > Fiction. Great Britain > History > Edward VII, 1901-1910 > Fiction.

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