Sedition : a novel

ISBN: 9780805099928 (hardback)
ISBN: 0805099921 (hardback)
Physical Description: print 307 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

Grant, Katharine 1958- (Author).

Summary: "The setting: London, 1794. The problem: Four nouveau riche fathers with five marriageable daughters. The plan: The young women will learn to play the piano, give a concert for young Englishmen who have titles but no fortunes, and will marry very well indeed. The complications: The lascivious (and French) piano teacher; the piano maker's jealous (and musically gifted) daughter; the one of these marriageable daughters with a mating plan of her own. While it might be a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a title and no money must be in want of a fortune, what does a sexually awakened young woman want? In her wickedly alluring romp through the late-Georgian London, Italian piano making, and tightly-fitted Polonaise gowns, Katharine Grant has written a startling and provocative debut"--