Rebel Heiress
Born into a world seething with treachery and suspicion, Eleanor Goodricke grows up on the Somerset Levels just after the English Civil Wars, heiress to her late mother's estates and daughter of a Puritan soldier who fears for his brilliant daughter with her dangerous passion for natural history...
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Born into a world seething with treachery and suspicion, Eleanor Goodricke grows up on the Somerset Levels just after the English Civil Wars, heiress to her late mother's estates and daughter of a Puritan soldier who fears for his brilliant daughter with her dangerous passion for natural history - and for butterflies in particular.Her reckless courage will take her to places where no woman of her day ever dared to go. Her fearless ambition will give her a place in history for all time. But it is her passionate heart which will lead her into a consuming love - and mortal peril.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781409051985 (1409051986)
Publish date: August 31st 2012
Publisher: Preface Digital
Pages no: 672
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Religion,
Womens,
17th Century
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2 1/2 stars-I hate it when I have a love-hate relationship with a book. It makes deciding to keep reading or dump difficult. It also makes rating difficult. I’m going with 3 stars, but my real rating is like 2 ½ stars . I usually round up if I think a book is worth checking out and even though I fou...
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Lovely book. Full review here, http://misfitandmom.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/lady-of-the-butterflies-by-fiona-mountain/
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