- Hardcover: 319 pages
- Publisher: Coward Mc Cann (Nov 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0698111885
- ISBN-13: 978-0698111882
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.2 x 3.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,717,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Intelligent Historical Romance.
19 Oct 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This novel is inspired by the 18th Century Devonshire House Set.
Heroine Caroline, is one of the "natural" children of the Duke of Cley. Her mother is his mistress, Mrs Winterton. Caroline, as a child, is unaware of her true parentage.
She has been fostered with a country Vicar and his family. This is not a happy, contented family. The Vicar's son is sent down from Cambridge for debt. The public disgrace unhinges the Vicar's wife. The son is packed off to India. Caroline's foster family falls apart.
Caroline's scheming mother induces the Duke to offer her a home with his legitimate family. It is a cold, unwelcoming home with the exception of the Duchess of Cley, and the Duke's heir, Blakeney. Unfortunately for Mrs Winterton, the Duke is not charmed by the quiet, poem writing Caroline. The Cley menage is a mix of clandestine Lovers, acknowledeged and unacknowledged offspring and Whig political figures all dancing to the Duke's petty tune.
Spoiler Alert.
Due to a scandalous aborted elopement between the legitimate daughter, Charlotte, and the Duke's unacknowledged son, Gaston, Caroline is used as the Duke's scandal defusing scapegoat.
She marries poetaster, Tremadoc, in a bid for independence. In exchange for her silence regarding the elopement, the Duke offers Tremadoc a living as Vicar in Oldchurch.
But something evil is happening in Oldchurch. Caroline cannot trust her husband, servant or the villagers. Her only friend is an observant old fellow, John Gerard.
This is an entertaining Georgian/Regency romance. There is a mystery combined with a young woman's journey through an elite society that has no place for her.
The character's are three dimensional, no cardboard villians or steroidal heros. The heroine's actions flow logically from her values and experiences. The mystery features events that happened during the War with Napoleon. Really well done.
Recommended.
Heroine Caroline, is one of the "natural" children of the Duke of Cley. Her mother is his mistress, Mrs Winterton. Caroline, as a child, is unaware of her true parentage.
She has been fostered with a country Vicar and his family. This is not a happy, contented family. The Vicar's son is sent down from Cambridge for debt. The public disgrace unhinges the Vicar's wife. The son is packed off to India. Caroline's foster family falls apart.
Caroline's scheming mother induces the Duke to offer her a home with his legitimate family. It is a cold, unwelcoming home with the exception of the Duchess of Cley, and the Duke's heir, Blakeney. Unfortunately for Mrs Winterton, the Duke is not charmed by the quiet, poem writing Caroline. The Cley menage is a mix of clandestine Lovers, acknowledeged and unacknowledged offspring and Whig political figures all dancing to the Duke's petty tune.
Spoiler Alert.
Due to a scandalous aborted elopement between the legitimate daughter, Charlotte, and the Duke's unacknowledged son, Gaston, Caroline is used as the Duke's scandal defusing scapegoat.
She marries poetaster, Tremadoc, in a bid for independence. In exchange for her silence regarding the elopement, the Duke offers Tremadoc a living as Vicar in Oldchurch.
But something evil is happening in Oldchurch. Caroline cannot trust her husband, servant or the villagers. Her only friend is an observant old fellow, John Gerard.
This is an entertaining Georgian/Regency romance. There is a mystery combined with a young woman's journey through an elite society that has no place for her.
The character's are three dimensional, no cardboard villians or steroidal heros. The heroine's actions flow logically from her values and experiences. The mystery features events that happened during the War with Napoleon. Really well done.
Recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Great Hodge Novel
14 April 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the third book in the Purchas/Purchis saga.
Little Caroline is born to a mother who leaves her to be raised with a vicar. As she grows, she realizes that she isn't a part of that family. When her foster mother goes insane, she is sent to live with a Duke and his menagerie of children. Little does she know that she is actually his daughter.
This is one of my favorite Jane Aiken Hodge books.
Little Caroline is born to a mother who leaves her to be raised with a vicar. As she grows, she realizes that she isn't a part of that family. When her foster mother goes insane, she is sent to live with a Duke and his menagerie of children. Little does she know that she is actually his daughter.
This is one of my favorite Jane Aiken Hodge books.
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