Gail R. (abigailsdaughter) reviewed The Diamond of Drury Lane (A Cat Royal Adventure) on + 201 more book reviews
Historical fiction for older children and adults. Told in the first person by orphan "Cat" Royal, an aspiring writer, who lives at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, and tries to find the "diamond" supposedly hidden in the theater, which unmasks a treasonous political cartoonist, and involves her in the street gangs of Covent Garden as well as with the nobility of London. Full of intrigue, violence, and humaneness. Recommended with reservations because of the violence.
