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02021aam a2200325Ia 4500 001 CA14B8AE28FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 130119s2012 miua 000 f eng d 020 $a 1596064641 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781596064645 (hardcover) : 035 $a (OCoLC)824662032 040 $a IPU $c IPU $d OCLCO $d IHV $d WIM $d IK2 $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 04 $a PS3552.A4313 $b O552 2012 100 1 $a Baker, Kage. 245 10 $a Nell Gwynne's on land and at sea : $b or, who we did on our summer holidays / $c Kage Baker, Kathleen Bartholomew ; illustrated by K. K. Potter. 246 30 $a On land and at sea 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Burton, Mich. : $b Subterranean Press, $c 2012. 300 $a 174 p. : $b ill. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a The Ladies of Nell Gwynne's are not your run-of-the-mill demi-mondaines. They are refined and educated ladies all, engaged in the more elegant and expensive forms of carnal delight in order to make their way in a hard world. But they also serve the Queen and the Empire, as the invaluable Ladies' Auxiliary of the technocratic Gentlemen's Speculative Society. However, even the most dedicated operatives need a holiday from time to time. Nell Gwynne's shuts down for a month at the height of every summer for recreation and relaxation. This summer the Ladies have retired to a respectable boarding house in Torquay, since Mrs. Corvey, the Proprietress, is very fond of the sea. She also needs a deal of relaxing, as the cook at Nell Gwynne's has abruptly gotten religion and departed without notice for a less exotic position... 650 0 $a Prostitutes $z London $z London $x History $y 19th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Brothels $z London $z London $x History $y 19th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Steampunk fiction. 700 1 $a Bartholomew, Kathleen. 700 1 $a Potter, J. K. $e ill. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926020918.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CA14B8AE28FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search