Blood Royal - Softcover

Norman, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140263578 ISBN 13: 9780140263572

Publisher: Penguin, 1999

Synopsis

A brilliant, hugely enjoyable novel set in England in the early eighteenth century, a time with remarkable parallels to the 1990s. Cecily Fitzhenry, married against her wishes to an ageing Walpole crony, finds that her husband has invested and lost her fortune in the South Sea Bubble. The only property left to her is a crumbling inn on the Great North Road, which she turns to running with a motley collection of support, many of whom run foul of the new laws. Cecily herself, a romantic Stuart in her leanings, learns practical lessons about the price of idealism, particularly at the hands of a wiley scottish lawyer.

About this title

Synopsis:

Cecily Fitzhenry, married against her wishes, finds that her husband has invested and lost her fortune in the South Sea bubble. The only property left to her is a crumbling inn, which she turns to running with a motley collection of support, many of whom run foul of the new laws.

About the Author:

Diana Norman, who at 20 became the youngest reporter on a national paper, is now settled in Hertfordshire where she writes novels and non-fiction as well as being a magistrate and a director of her husband's freelance production company, Barry Norman Productions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140263578
• ISBN 13: 9780140263572
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320