Mask Of Duplicity (The Jacobite Chronicles) (Volume 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (774 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1514625733 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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However, Beth’s hopes of a quiet life are dashed when Richard, dissatisfied with his meagre inheritance and desperate for promotion, decides to force her into a marriage for his military gain. And he will stop at nothing to get his way. She finds herself plunged into a world where nothing is as it seems and everyone hides behind a mask. She is then thrown into the glittering social whirl of Georgian high society and struggles to conform. Beth is coerced into a reconciliation with her noble cousins in order to marry well and escape her brutal brother. Can she trust the people professing to care for her? The first in the series about the fascinating lives of beautiful Beth Cunningham, her family and friends during the tempestuous days leading up to the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which attempted to overthrow the Hanoverian King George II and restore the Stuarts to the British throne. Following the death of their father, Beth’s brother Richard returns from the army to claim his share of the family estate. Beth, however, wants love and passion for herself, and to break free from the artificial life she is growing to hate. The effeminate but witty socialite Sir Anthony Peters offers to ease her passage into society and she is soon besieged by suitors eager to get their hands
She has since had a variety of jobs, including telesales, teaching and gilding and is currently a transcriber, copy editor and proofreader. . In her spare time she is still a voracious reader, and enjoys keeping fit and travelling the world. About the Author Julia has been a voracious reader since childhood, using books to escape the miseries of a turbulent adolescence. And then she gave up trying to conform and resolved to spend the rest of her life living as she wanted to, not as others would like her to. After leaving university with a degree in English Language and Literature, she spent her twenties trying to be a sensible and responsible person, even going so far as to work for the Civil Service. The book escape came in very useful there too. Now she has decided that rather than just escape into other people’s book
She has since had a variety of jobs, including telesales, teaching and gilding and is currently a transcriber, copy editor and proofreader. Julia has been a voracious reader since childhood, using books to escape the miseries of a turbulent adolescence. And then she gave up trying to conform and resolved to spend
A new author worth following! Angela Allen I love historical fiction and am always looking for a promising new writer to bring me strong, well-developed, and believable characters set against a tapestry of historical figures and events. I want to be able to believe that these fictional characters could have been unknown threads in the fabric of our history, not appare. Woodsever said What a great book!. I never would have expected such an interesting, sensational book by reading the synopsis and seeing the cover only. I am completely and pleasantly surprised to discover a very well written book with an amazing plot filled with historical events and characters.This is truly a great beginning to a series which I cannot wait to. Slow going at first but keep reading I almost stopped reading this book as it started out slow for me. I stopped reading it and read two other books before I came back to this one. I'm glad I did now. The storyline and characters grew on me as I got more into the book. I like smart, strong female lead characters and Beth is all of that. I did figure out who was