Now a wealthy young widow, former peasant girl Siana Forbes has overcome her humble beginnings to become mistress of Cheverton Manor, the handsome estate which her infant son, Ashley, will one day inherit.
Rachel Smedling is not like other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her.
Romanzo storico lucido e intelligente, e ispirato a quel triagolo amoroso che fece chiacchierare tutta l'Europe di fine '700. Le vite di Sir William Hamilton, ambasciatore inglese a Napoli; di sua moglie l'affascinante Emma; e di Lord Nelson...
Lancashire, 1858. Annie Hallam has at last found complete happiness. She has three healthy children and adores her husband Frederick. After years of struggling to make a living in Blisden, Annie knows she deserves to enjoy her life. But worries are imminent.
