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Manchester, 1867. Widowed in mysterious circumstances and compelled to marry again by his domineering father Frederick, Brook Ferguson selects as his new bride the beautiful, strong-willed Cordelia. But after she comes to live with Brook and Frederick, as well as their household of eccentric family members, it isn't long before Cordelia is locked in a quiet war of dominance with the elder Ferguson. In the stifling atmosphere of the Ferguson's manor house, petty arguments escalate and any small defiance becomes a grand betrayal, until the tension forces Cordelia out into the world in search of something more.
Which is just when theatre-owner Stephen Crossley, with his quick wit and easy smile, strolls into her life - and Cordelia is forced to make the hardest decision of all: Loyalty... or love?
A passionate romance, shot through with dark humour and melancholy, Cordelia is a modern classic of the Gothic genre from the bestselling author of Marnie.
'Excellent' TLS
'Cordelia has the virtues of readability, of convincing motive and emotion and of vivid background . . . all the excellent Victorian ingredients - guilty love, surrender, pathos and comedy. It is enthralling from start to finish, a beguiling journey backwards in time.' Scotsman
Which is just when theatre-owner Stephen Crossley, with his quick wit and easy smile, strolls into her life - and Cordelia is forced to make the hardest decision of all: Loyalty... or love?
A passionate romance, shot through with dark humour and melancholy, Cordelia is a modern classic of the Gothic genre from the bestselling author of Marnie.
'Excellent' TLS
'Cordelia has the virtues of readability, of convincing motive and emotion and of vivid background . . . all the excellent Victorian ingredients - guilty love, surrender, pathos and comedy. It is enthralling from start to finish, a beguiling journey backwards in time.' Scotsman
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Cordelia has the virtues of readability, of convincing motive and emotion and of vivid background . . . all the excellent Victorian ingredients – guilty love, surrender, pathos and comedy. It is enthralling from start to finish, a beguiling journey backwards in time. (Scotsman)
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Cordelia has the virtues of readability, of convincing motive and emotion and of vivid background . . . all the excellent Victorian ingredients – guilty love, surrender, pathos and comedy. It is enthralling from start to finish, a beguiling journey backwards in time. (Scotsman)
A romantic tale of family and independence, from the author of the Poldark series.
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- PublisherFontana Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0006142508
- ISBN 13 9780006142508
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- Number of pages448
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Cordelia by Winston Graham 1976. The Author of the Poldark Novels
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Book Description Soft Cover Full Gloss. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ### CORDELIA by Winston Graham 1976. The Author of the Poldark Novels ## ## THIS BOOK: Classified as VERY GOOD. This edition published in 1976. First published by Fontana in 1949, seventh impression January 1976. A book that shows a few signs of being read, the cover is full colour. There is some minor bumping; the page edges are slightly discoloured due to paper quality and time.### ## In October 1866, Cordelia Blake married Brook Ferguson of Grove Hall. There were three reasons for the marriage: Cordelia's youth, her health, and her good manners?in short, Frederick Ferguson's requirements for his son's second wife.## ## Cordelia had to adapt herself to the rigorous routine of Grove Hall, manage the household, care for and comfort the sadly overshadowed Brook and, of course, obey her father-in-law. Already others in that household had yielded to Frederick Ferguson's will: his sister Letitia and his brother Pridey, who sheltered behind his two major preoccupations ?music and his treatise on mice. ## ## This curious marriage might have continued indefinitely if Stephen Crossley had not come into Cordelia's life. Although she was sheltered and restricted in the severe tradition of her time, Cordelia somehow found the strength to accept Stephen's love and the even greater strength to face the crises that followed. ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. PLEASE, contact me for a shipping quotation. ###. No Author signature. Seller Inventory # MMXX-158-penguin
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