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Indlæser... Lady Aurelia's Bequest (1987)af Sheila Walsh
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In Cordelia Darcy, Shelia Walsh has created one of her most delightful heroines ever. From a modest colonial background in America, she arrives in Regency London during the autumn of 1811 and makes it her stage. Before ever she steps foot in London though, Cordelia has already become part of a dangerous diplomatic intrigue as the result of her shipboard encounter with a fellow American: Drew Harvey. Working to secure peace between England and America, Mr Harvey enlists Cordelia's help as a courier - thereby drawing her into the sights of his own very determined enemies. Despite these shadows playing around her, Cordelia Darcy's first London Season is a resounding success - as if in tribute to the godmother whose bequest made it possible. And for all that she stands at the heart of a conspiracy that gathers force daily, Cordelia's story is also one of a beautiful young girl entering Society, falling in love for the first time and learning to identify her own feelings. With her use of period detail providing a sumptuous Regency backcloth throughout, Shelia Walsh combines each separate thread of Lady Aurelia's Bequest into a first class romantic thriller. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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Set in 1811/1812, Cordelia Darcy, daughter of an exiled English lord (exiled for killing a man in a duel) returns to England to fulfil the terms of her godmother’s will: she will inherit a competence if she resides in England for a year. On the voyage to England, she meets Drew Harvey, a personable young man who is acting as a courier between the British and American governments, and when their ship is boarded by the Navy and he is impressed, delivers his package in England for him. Once in England, she becomes a social success, and befriends Lady Evelina, younger sister of the Earl of Wyndham, but her actions on behalf of Drew Harvey come back to haunt her.
Not bad, but rather on the light side. Of Walsh’s work, I prefer The Incomparable Miss Brady or The Sergeant-Major’s Daughter. Both have a bit more of a social conscience.