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02625aam a2200361 i 4500 001 84D0AFB4DE8111E49B1BDBA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150409010433 007 n 008 141001s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2014036540 020 $a 0451471016 (pbk.) : : 020 $a 9780451471017 (pbk.) : : 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Thorland, Donna. 245 10 $a Mistress Firebrand : $b renegades of the American Revolution / $c Donna Thorland. 246 3 $a Renegades of the American Revolution. 264 1 $a New York : $b New American Library, $c 2015. 300 $a 387 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a "British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. With her witty comedies, American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success on the Continent, she seizes the opportunity to court his patronage. But her plan is foiled by British intelligence officer Severin Devere. Severin's mission is to keep the pleasure-loving general focused on the war effort and away from pretty young actresses. But the tables are turned when Severin himself can't resist Jennifer Leighton . . . . Months later, Jenny has abandoned her dreams of stage glory and begun writing seditious plays for the Rebels under the pen name "Cornelia," ridiculing "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne and his army-and undermining the crown's campaign to take Albany. By the time Severin meets up with Jenny once again, she is on a British hanging list, and Severin is ordered to find her-and deliver her to certain death. Soon, the two are launched on a desperate journey through the wilderness, toward a future shaped by the revolution-and their passion for each other . . . . READERS GUIDE INCLUDED"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20150319. 611 27 $a American Revolution (1775-1783.) 650 0 $a Actresses $v Fiction. 651 7 $a New York (State) $z Manhattan. $z Manhattan. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Manhattan (New York, N.Y) $x History $y 18th century $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Love stories. $2 gsafd 856 2 $u ftp://ppftpuser:welcome@ftp01.penguingroup.com/Booksellers and Media/Covers/2008_2009_New_Covers/9780451471017.jpg $3 Cover image 941 $a 2 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006103147.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20150730013120.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=84D0AFB4DE8111E49B1BDBA0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search