{"product_id":"queen-of-lombard-street","title":"Queen of Lombard Street","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lisa Kleypas turns her pen to historical fiction with considerable panache! Brilliant economist Reina Martin knows she's considered an eccentric, from her household staffed with ex-convicts to her ambition of founding England's first all-female bank, but she's determined never to surrender her independence. When her mysterious new butler reveals himself as an undercover police detective, Reina finds herself embroiled in a massive fraud investigation that threatens everything she holds dear--including her heart. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueen of Lombard Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an absolute delight!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[a] historical fiction with such a great romance, but it's about the first female banker in England. And it is fantastic.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsabel Ibañez, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The rare author who can make you laugh and cry--on the same page.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Lisa Kleypas--a sweeping, richly layered Victorian novel about a trailblazing female economist who's determined to build Britain's first women's bank, but she must fight both financial corruption and a system intent on destroying the newly found family she's created.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Victorian England, no woman--not even a brilliant economist like Reina Martin--is allowed to open her own bank account. Men will take care of everything, women are told. But Reina knows better. As the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish immigrant mother, she's haunted by the memory of living with unpaid grocer's bills and no coal for the hearth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo together with her mentor, the powerful banker William Farlow, Reina will build the first all-women's bank, where women can manage their own financial security.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt home, Reina's domestic staff of recently paroled prisoners are building new lives and becoming a found family. But soon Reina is shocked to discover that her enigmatic butler, John Pembroke, is an undercover police detective. He's been assigned to investigate Farlow, who's suspected of financial crime on a scale so massive, it could destabilize the British economy. Pembroke needs Reina's expertise for a high-stakes nighttime heist to obtain incriminating evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Reina faces the agonizing choice of betraying her mentor or turning her back on thousands of working-class families who stand to lose everything. Either way, her dream of the women's bank may be over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut courage and sacrifice aren't limited to the battlefield--they also occur at the kitchen table, where women who believe in compassion and community are working to remake the future. And when the stakes are highest, Reina knows to trust her heart as well as her intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on real-life trailblazers such as Mary Paley Marshall, Britain's first female economist, and financial titan Hetty Green, \u003ci\u003eQueen of Lombard Street\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light the hidden history of extraordinary women whose achievements should be celebrated. How can we know who we are, if we don't know who we were?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKleypas, Lisa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Kleypas\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Wellesley College with a political science degree. Her novels are published in forty different languages and are bestsellers all over the world. 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