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Janet Gleeson's Books
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The Thief TakerIn the cellar there was no sound at all except her own breathing and the soft rustle of her skirts. After her eyes had grown accustomed to the dark,...Read More
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The Serpent in the GardenShe opened the shagreen box. Couched in gray silk was an emerald necklace, one he had not seen for twenty years. The stones were just as he recalled...Read More
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The Grenadillo BoxNew Year's Day, 1755 The life of Nathaniel Hopson, journeyman to the illustrious cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale, is about to take a chilling turn. He...Read More -
MillionaireIn the wake of Louis XIV's death, France's government teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Enter the reformer in the unlikely guise of John Law -- a...Read More
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Knox Village Soup, March 1, 2012
...Janet Gleeson approaches the real estate profession as she approaches life, in an honest, enthusiastic and respectful manner while attending to her client's personalized needs with attention to detail. Before...
New York Times, December 15, 2011
...less for their aesthetic merit than for their rarity and the technical discoveries and innovations they represent. As Janet Gleeson recounts in her eminently readable popular history The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story, the importing of Chinese...
