Strands of Bronze and Gold

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nickerson, Jane.
    Strands of bronze and gold / Jane Nickerson — 1st ed.
    p. cm.
    Summary: After the death of her father in 1855, seventeen-year-old Sophia goes to live with her wealthy and mysterious godfather at his gothic mansion, Wyndriven Abbey, in Mississippi, where many secrets lie hidden.
    eISBN: 978-0-307-97606-2
    [1. Orphans—Fiction.  2. Slavery—Fiction.  3. Plantation life—Mississippi—Fiction.  4. Ghosts—Fiction.  5. Mississippi—History—19th century—Fiction.]  I. Title.
PZ7.N55812Str 2013
[Fic]—dc23

2012001041

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