| << Previous book |
![]() | The Garden Intrigue (2012) (The ninth book in the Pink Carnation series) A novel by Lauren Willig |
In the ninth installment of Lauren Willig's bestselling Pink Carnation series, an atrocious poet teams up with an American widow to prevent Napoleon's invasion of England.
Secret agent Augustus Whittlesby has spent a decade undercover in France, posing as an insufferably bad poet. The French surveillance officers can't bear to read his work closely enough to recognize the information drowned in a sea of verbiage.
New York-born Emma Morris Delagardie is a thorn in Augustus's side. An old school friend of Napoleon's stepdaughter, she came to France with her uncle, the American envoy; eloped with a Frenchman; and has been rattling around the salons of Paris ever since. Widowed for four years, she entertains herself by drinking too much champagne, holding a weekly salon, and loudly critiquing Augustus's poetry.
As Napoleon pursues his plans for the invasion of England, Whittlesby hears of a top-secret device to be demonstrated at a house party at Malmaison. The catch? The only way in is with Emma, who has been asked to write a masque for the weekend's entertainment.
Emma is at a crossroads: Should she return to the States or remain in France? She'll do anything to postpone the decision-even if it means teaming up with that silly poet Whittlesby to write a masque for Bonaparte's house party. But each soon learns that surface appearances are misleading. In this complicated masque within a masque, nothing goes quite as scripted- especially Augustus's feelings for Emma.
Genre: Historical Romance
Secret agent Augustus Whittlesby has spent a decade undercover in France, posing as an insufferably bad poet. The French surveillance officers can't bear to read his work closely enough to recognize the information drowned in a sea of verbiage.
New York-born Emma Morris Delagardie is a thorn in Augustus's side. An old school friend of Napoleon's stepdaughter, she came to France with her uncle, the American envoy; eloped with a Frenchman; and has been rattling around the salons of Paris ever since. Widowed for four years, she entertains herself by drinking too much champagne, holding a weekly salon, and loudly critiquing Augustus's poetry.
As Napoleon pursues his plans for the invasion of England, Whittlesby hears of a top-secret device to be demonstrated at a house party at Malmaison. The catch? The only way in is with Emma, who has been asked to write a masque for the weekend's entertainment.
Emma is at a crossroads: Should she return to the States or remain in France? She'll do anything to postpone the decision-even if it means teaming up with that silly poet Whittlesby to write a masque for Bonaparte's house party. But each soon learns that surface appearances are misleading. In this complicated masque within a masque, nothing goes quite as scripted- especially Augustus's feelings for Emma.
Genre: Historical Romance
Similar Books by other authors...
A Lady Never Surrenders (Hellions of Halstead Hall, book 5) Sabrina Jeffries | Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy, book 2) Deborah Harkness |
Used availability for Lauren Willig's The Garden Intrigue
See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
Hardback Editions
February 2012 : Hardback
| Title: The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation) Author(s): Lauren Willig ISBN: 0-525-95254-3 / 978-0-525-95254-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Dutton Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
February 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation, Book 9) Author(s): Lauren Willig ISBN: 0-307-98994-1 / 978-0-307-98994-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape Availability: Amazon More details... |
February 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Garden Intrigue Author(s): Willig Lauren ISBN: 1-61176-042-9 / 9781611760422 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Group USA Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
February 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Garden Intrigue Author(s): Lauren Willig Publisher: DUTTON ADULT Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
© 2012 FantasticFiction
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk

