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They were a strange and mercantile people, these Americans. One never knew what they might come up with next.

Lauren Willig

They were a strange and mercantile people, these Americans. One never knew what they might come up with next.

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About Lauren Willig

Lauren Willig is a New York Times bestselling author of historical novels. She is best known for her "Pink Carnation" series, which follows a collection of Napoleonic-Era British spies, similar to the Scarlet Pimpernel, as they fight for Britain and fall in love.