{"product_id":"the-firemasters-mistress-9780061568268","title":"The Firemaster's Mistress","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngland in the early reign of James I: an unsteady nation adapts to its new king; Shakespeare labors over the tragedies of \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e; bearbaiting is a popular diversion . . . and Guy Fawkes, with a small group of desperate men, hatches a terrifying plot to assassinate the king and all of Parliament by explosion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Quoynt is a firemaster who would rather make fireworks than war. Kate Peach is a poor glovemaker and a mistress to the powerful Hugh Taylor, who is forced to hide her Catholicism as she spends her days looking out on noisy, teeming London streets crowded with prostitutes and drunks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce Francis and Kate were lovers before the firemaster abandoned her and the plague destroyed her family. Now they will meet again--as enemies--caught up in the maelstrom of treachery and violence surrounding Fawkes's malevolent plot. In the midst of chaos and madness, the flame of their romance will be dangerously rekindled, as their lives and the London they know are changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061568268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2008 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2008 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 50 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christie Dickason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935278370997,"sku":"9780061568268","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ae1c2523-b5a3-46cd-87b7-071cac2a111a.jpg?v=1688487388","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-firemasters-mistress-9780061568268","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}