A Curious Beginning

London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry-and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened ...

#amreading "A Curious Beginnning" by Deanna Raybourn. It's the first book in the Veronica Speedwell series. Victorian adventure with a highly (and proudly) inappropriate young woman as the natural historian protagonist. Snappy writing, lots of fun.

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