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The ministry of unladylike activity / Robin Stevens.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 352 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780241429891 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • F STE 23
Summary: Britain is at war, & a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong: courageous, smart, stubborn - & desperate to do whatever she can to help end the war, so she can go home to Hong Kong. May knows that there is no one more perfect to become a spy than a child. A child can go places, see things & listen in on conversations in a way that no adult ever can. When May & her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, May & Eric arrive at Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family. It soon becomes clear that one of the family is passing information to Germany. May & Eric know if they can gather enough evidence on their suspect, the Ministry will have to take them on. But there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined. Then, someone is murdered.
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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out AR BL 5.1 30/07/2024 R17759W0499

Britain is at war, & a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong: courageous, smart, stubborn - & desperate to do whatever she can to help end the war, so she can go home to Hong Kong. May knows that there is no one more perfect to become a spy than a child. A child can go places, see things & listen in on conversations in a way that no adult ever can. When May & her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, May & Eric arrive at Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family. It soon becomes clear that one of the family is passing information to Germany. May & Eric know if they can gather enough evidence on their suspect, the Ministry will have to take them on. But there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined. Then, someone is murdered.

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