The Secret Photographs - Jacquie Bloese

''I loved this!... I was drawn into the shadowy world of illicit photography in late-Victorian Brighton and felt I was walking those streets with my own camera and watching the images develop... A compelling tale of love, friendship and identity... This book does what the best historical fiction can do: immerses you in its world... I thoroughly recommend!'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Remember,'' Ellen says, teasing strands of the girl''s hair from the pins, ''once you''re in front of the camera, you become someone else entirely.'' England, 1895: In the bustling seaside town of Brighton, photography is all the rage. Ellen Harper assists her twin brother running one of the city''s seafront studios, where fashionable ladies and gentlemen pose in their finery to have their likeness captured forever in a silver frame. But behind the façade of a respectable business, the siblings have something to hide. After the studio closes for the day, secret photographs are taken in the back room. There is money to be made from this underground trade, but if exposed to the light of day, these photographs would destroy them... When newly married Clementine comes to sit for a portrait, Ellen learns she is looking for a lady''s companion. Longing for a life of her own choosing and freedom from the deals her brother has made, Ellen accepts the post. The new position transports her to a sweeping white-fronted townhouse on one of Brighton''s most prestigious crescents, full of every luxury
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