The Actress: A Martha Beale Novel

by Cordelia Frances Biddle

The Actress takes readers to Victorian-era Philadelphia with a tale of political machinations, revenge and murder. When Becky Grey Taitt's abusive husband threatens to divorce her and keep their child, she agrees to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters in exchange for the aid of powerful jurist, Alonzo Craig. After the judge's scheme miscarries, Becky is trapped in a lethal criminal underworld while her friend Martha Beale and Martha's beau, Thomas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517622778
• ISBN13: 9781517622770
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.0"