Two Coins: A Biographical Novel

“A powerful story with a vivid setting, compelling plot, and multifaceted characters." —2019 Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books “5 Stars! Two Coins, with its overtones to women's rights, is nothing less than a stellar and ageless novel." —2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Semi-Finalist During the Great Scandal of British Calcutta in 1883, newspapers were flying off the shelves in Calcutta, Edinburgh, and London. The Reverend William Hastie had charged Mary Pigot, lady superintendent of the Scottish Female Mission in Calcutta, with mismanagement and immorality. The headlines were damning. But Miss Pigot isn't taking the reverend's accusations sitting down. She decides to fight back! After ten years of hard work growing the mission, raising funds and educating women, Miss Pigot's career is in ruins as a result of the scandal. With nothing to lose, she takes her case to the Calcutta High Court and sues Hastie for malicious libel. A woman publicly suing a man! It's just the type of scanda