The House Is on Fire Jeanne DuPrau Until one small mishap snowballs

Until one small mishap snowballs into a chain of outrageous events

The New York Times bestselling author of the American Royals series invites you to visit 19th-century Europe amid the glamour and intrigue of the Victorian era

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The House Is on Fire Jeanne DuPrau Until one small mishap snowballsA wildly entertaining (NPR), gripping (The Washington Post) work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night, from the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever. Richmond, Virginia 1811. Its the height of the winter social season, the General Assembly is in session, and many of Virginias gentleman planters, along with their wives and children, have made the long and arduous