The Tin Princess

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Philip Pullman, author of Northern Lights, brings you a Victorian heroine to rival even his wonderful Lyra Silvertongue. This dramatic tale of love, loyalty & adventure is the final novel in his Sally Lockhart quartet. Jim Taylor, Sally’s oldest friend, has just been hired as a bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you’d expect. She’s a London slum-child who cannot read or write; a girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished ten years ago. Now she’s turned up in Razkavia, a tiny Central European country in political turmoil. The Crown Prince is deeply in love with her, & it’s easy to see why. Adelaide’s courage & determination set her apart. But there are others who hate Adelaide, & her life is in mortal danger…