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Lady's Maid: An Historical Novel (Paperback)

by Margaret Forster (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (17 Jun 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140147616
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140147612
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,567 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A complicated but passionate love story!, 13 April 2001
The book captured my interest from the moment I found out it was a love story. Based on fact and some fiction, it was a moving story, full of passionate characters, from Elizabeth Barrett to Mr Browning, and to Elizabeth Wilson herself. It is an honest tale of class differences, and an unusual inspiring friendship that broke the usual trends, amongst a most heartfelt love story. If a book can make you experience a number of emotions, such as this one did, then it has suceeded in telling a good story. I was engrossed from the start and was sad to finish it. I would recommend this book to fans of the classics such as 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte, and 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier. It has become one of my favourite books now and I will read it again.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly sensitive, beautiful writing, 13 Feb 2001
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This book is a 'faction' account of the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Lady's Maid. It's beautifully writte, and, as in many of her books, I cried. It has everything you could ask for for a book to curl up with in the evening, complex and sensitive character portrayals, a gripping plot and history so carefully mixed in it hardly seems to be there. Read it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fact Meets Fiction, 4 Oct 2007
Fact and fiction are very close in this account of Wilson, Lady's Maid to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. There is an `afterword' at the end of the novel which personally I wish I had read first rather than at the end. It is worth reading as it separates the fact from fiction and helps with the appreciation of this sensitively written love story.

Wilson did not have an easy life as Lady's Maid, though at times over the years felt she was becoming closer to her mistress. The occasions however were always short lived and to quote from the novel. `Those who serve can never hope to breach the gap between themselves and those who are served'

Another enjoyable and eminently readable novel from Margaret Forster, whose work I have been reading since 1969!!
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