Department of Theatre Associate Professor Kit Brennan has published her first novel. Whip Smart: Lola Montez Conquers the Spaniards is available as an e-book and will be available in stores as a trade paperback in February 2013. Whip Smart: Lola Montez Conquers the Spaniards is a wild and sexy romp through history, based on the real-life adventures of the audacious Lola Montez.
According to publisher Astor and Blue Editions website: It is 1842, London. The ever-capricious 22-year-old Eliza Gilbert seeks to escape from a divorce trial. She accepts an alluring offer of a paid trip to Spain, if she will only fulfill a few tasks for Juan de Grimaldi's Spanish theatre impresario who is also a government agent and spy for the exiled Spanish queen, Maria Cristina. How did Eliza Gilbert, an Irish girl with ambitions, become Maria Dolores de Porris y Montez - aka Lola Montez - Spanish danseuse and sensation of Europe? Find out in this adventurous tale.
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