Status Updates From Marianne & the Lords of the...

Oh NO. Marianne gets sick and has to rush outside right in the middle of her embassy! Then she's not sure what to do next, so she curtsies. This must have been the kind of situation the Queen of Hearts was thinking of when she told Alice, '"Curtsy while you're thinking what to say, it saves time. "'

Marianne and the Sultana are served coffee, Turkish delight, halva and baklava. Love the details, I always want to hear exactly what characters are eating. Marianne doesn't like the Turkish Delight but I'm really in the mood for some!

Marianne finally meets the Sultana, French cousin of the Empress Josephine, and she's beyond beautiful and charming. Wikipedia says there's no proof the Sultana really was Josephine's cousin, but if she wasn't, she should have been.

'Marianne thanked him briefly and, with a little kick, sent the long train of the green satin dress shimmering behind her like a changeable river of crystal and pearls. Instinctively, she lifted her head, suddenly conscious that she was at that moment the representative of the greatest empire in the world.' Go Marianne! I really want her to ace this mission.

Marianne follows some sound advice and manages to avoid getting kidnapped for the umpteenth time! Character development.

Yay! This just dropped on the doormat as I finished the previous book in the series. 😍

Da, da, verovali ili ne šesti deo Marijane je stigao s lekture, trenutno je na uredničkom čitanju i uskoro ide u štampu... :)

Marianne dines with the Duc de Richelieu and asks a great favor. What will he ask for in return?

Hmmmm, what does the main stone from Marie A's necklace have to do with Marianne? Who is the Black Pope?

Marianne and Jolival arrive in Odessa. Will they find Jason?

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Childbirth is never fun, especially after 30 hours of labor.

Our heroine meets up with Lady Hester Stanhope

Marianne meets with Aimée du Buc de Rivéry, cousin of Josephine Boneparte and now Queen mother of the Ottoman Empire.