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The Twelve Dancing Princesses, circa 1920

October 25, 2014 by ElCicco 7 Comments

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club is a reimagining of the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses set in 1920s New York city. It features twelve lovely and lively sisters, their miserly and evil king-like father, speak easies, bootleggers and flappers. The girls’ mother has died and dad, disappointed in having no male heir, has kept his girls imprisoned their entire lives in the upstairs of their Fifth Avenue house. Mr. Hamilton is a shrewd businessman but terrible father. Oldest daughter Jo, in order to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 1920s, bootleggers, ElCicco, fairy tale, Fiction, flappers, Genevieve Valentine, ReadWomen2014, speak easies, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, The Twelve Dancing Princesses

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, 1920s, bootleggers, ElCicco, fairy tale, Fiction, flappers, Genevieve Valentine, ReadWomen2014, speak easies, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, The Twelve Dancing Princesses ·
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