Sophie Schiller
Author
Publisher
Sophie Schiller
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"By 1889, Tibet is the last unexplored country in the world. No living explorer has ever seen the Forbidden City of Lhasa or met the famed Dalai Lama. France's most famous traveler, Gabriel Bonvalot, is determined to reach Lhasa but lacks a sponsor. When the Duke of Chartres promises to finance his expedition he gives Bonvalot one simple caveat: take along his wayward son, Prince Henri d'Orléans, a drinker, gambler, and womanizer, whose reckless...
2) Transfer Day
Author
Publisher
Sophie Schiller
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
During the Great War in 1916, Abigail Maduro is devastated when her parents are killed in a train accident along the Panama Canal. Orphaned and alone, she is sent to St. Thomas, an island in the Danish West Indies, to live with a bad-tempered aunt and her household of eccentric servants. To escape her aunt's overbearing protectiveness, Abby explores the lively town of Charlotte Amalie where she meets some of her more colorful characters like Judge...