Prudence (novel)

Prudence

Book 1

Author	Gail Carriger

Release Date	March 17, 2015

Series	The Custard Protocol

Pages	480

Publisher	Orbit

Summary[]

When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama (Rue to her friends) is given an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female would under similar circumstances - names it the Spotted Custard and floats to India in pursuit of the perfect cup of tea. But India has more than just tea on offer. Rue stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis and an embarrassing lack of bloomers, what else is a young lady of good breeding to do but turn metanatural and find out everyone's secrets, even thousand-year-old fuzzy ones?

About[]

Prudence hit the New York Times Hardcover bestseller list at #19 on April 5, 2015.

Chapter Titles[]

Chapter One: The Sacred Snuff Box
Chapter Two: For Queen and Custard
Chapter Three: Rue's Problem with Redheads
Chapter Four: A Floating Custard
Chapter Five: The Maltese Tower
Chapter Six: A Lioness in a Teahouse
Chapter Seven: Honeysuckle Isinglass's Secrets Revealed
Chapter Eight: In Which Percy Encounters a Pepper
Chapter Nine: Rakshasas
Chapter Ten: Vanara
Chapter Eleven: The Shape of Things to Come
Chapter Twelve: Hijacking and Elephant Head
Chapter Thirteen: Monkey Hijinks
Chapter Fourteen: Ladybugs to the Rescue
Chapter Fifteen: Weremonkeys in Dressing-Gowns
Chapter Sixteen: In Which Tea Solves Everything

Timeline[]

Prudence takes place roughly 20 years after the events in Timeless.

Quotes[]

Cover Art Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Extras[]

Peek At Gail's Research.
Gail blogs a little about incorporating the cover art into her rewrite of Prudence.
Notes on Researching 1895 India.
Primrose's Packing List for India.
More Fun Research Tidbits.
Anglicization: Gail Revisits the Ladybird Problem.
Victorian Money Means Coins ~ Research Behind Prudence
Gail plays at Casting Prudence the Movie (and talks about Disinfectant Sunflowers)
On Retro Rack Gail blogs about India's Influence on Victorian Clothing
Deleted scenes from Prudence.
Deleted scene from Prudence
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