Description
In the late nineteenth century, Ida Palliser is drawn into a world of wealth, reputation, and quiet bargains where a secret marriage can be both refuge and ruin. As she struggles to secure a place for herself among England’s gentry, Ida faces setbacks, misunderstandings, and the emotional costs of trying to reinvent her life on her own terms. Braddon’s novel blends high-stakes romance with social observation, tracing how ambition, identity, and loyalty collide when love is tested by secrecy and circumstance. With its brisk, sensation-novel momentum and sharply drawn characters, this story ultimately asks what it truly means to find “fortune”—and whether true love can survive the shadows cast by the past.
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paperback
Dodo Press
Published Oct 31, 2005
448 pages
ISBN: 9781406501391
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First Published
2004
Language
eng
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