Daughters of England - Softcover

Carr, Philippa

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ISBN 10: 0006493084 ISBN 13: 9780006493082

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1996

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Sarah Standish was only 15 when she ran away to London to follow her ambition to be an actress. The joyous first years of the restoration of Charles II meant the theatre was a wonderful place to be, but Sarah is quickly lured away by love and marriage, only to be cruelly deceived.

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Sarah Standish is only fifteen when she runs away to London with dreams of becoming a famous actress on the glittering Restoration stage. Then she meets and marries the charming Lord Rosslyn, only to discover that she has been cruelly deceived. On the run again, Sarah returns to London and the comfort of friends, where her daughter, Kate, is born.

When tragedy strikes, Lord Rosslyn comes to claim his young daughter. Growing up on his estate in Somerset Kate finds friendship and love, although she can never forget how he betrayed her mother. But amidst the confusion and chaos of the reign of James II, where danger and fear prevail, Kate discovers the sacrifice her father has made for her, giving her the chance to let go of the past and look to the future – a future that she hopes will bring peace and happiness at last.

‘Full of romance, political intrigue and a dash of treason in high places. The world of the Merry Monarch is brought brilliantly to life.’
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‘Superb storytelling... meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of characterization... one of the country's most widely read novelists’
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ing to realize that there was something unusual about our marriage. . . .
King Charles has returned after Cromwell's puritanical rule and England is determined to be merry. The delights of the theatre beckon to young Sarah Standish, whose friendship with a beautiful actress prompts her to run off to become an actress on the London stage.
Full of expectation and delight, she steps into a wonderful, exotic, and dangerous new world. A true innocent, her infatuation with handsome Lord Rosslyn leads to a quick marriage. Only too late does she realize the man she loved and trusted was a practiced schemer and a bigamist.
But it is Sarah's daughter by Lord Rosslyn, Kate, who will become the true pawn of her father's greed and duplicity. The prize is Rosslyn Manor . . . at a time when the fate of England enters the throes of a treacherous new fight for the throne, and Kate must battle for her future as well as her heart.

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