Andrea Japp offers the reader a fast-paced, multi-layered mystery within a richly imagined portrait of medieval France. 'Enthralling, page after page' Encre Noir Agnes de Souarcy has survived the medieval Inquisition, but remains the focus of an ancient quest. Her protectors must battle with the powerful enemies of the quest who will stop at nothing to see it fail. 'Five women, in the centre the sixth' are the enigmatic words foretelling Agnes's destiny. But will she fulfil the role that has been prophesied?

Andrea Japp uses her remarkable knowledge of French history to tell an intricate and spellbinding story.

Agnes de Souarcy has survived the medieval Inquisition, but remains in grave danger. Her protectors must battle with powerful enemies. "Five women, in the centre the sixth" are the enigmatic words foretelling Agnes's destiny. But will she fulfill the role that has been prophesied?

The writings of Frances Trollope have been subject to increasing academic interest in recent years, and are now widely studied. In this four-volume set her comical, yet subversive, treatment of Victorian marriage provides an interesting contrast to some of the more earnest but conventional fiction of the time.

Issue for Oct. 1894 has features articles on Mount Holyoke College and Millinery as an employment for women.