A brilliant rendering of a scandalous historical fiction figure, Kate Manning's is an ambitious, thrilling novel introducing Axie muldoon, a fiery heroine for the ages. Axie's story begins on the streets of 1860s New Yor...A brilliant rendering of a scandalous historical fiction figure, Kate Manning's is an ambitious, thrilling novel introducing Axie muldoon, a fiery heroine for the ages. Axie's story begins on the streets of 1860s New York. The impoverished child of Irish immigrants, she grows up to become one of the wealthiest and most controversial women of her day.