Unusual for Katherine Webb, this new novel of hers is placed in one time only, the early 1800s. It starts slowly but soon you fall for her characters and their predicaments and by the end of the novel you are racing through the pages as if a monster were after you. It is the story of a love that is lost, of secrets and lies with the description of the war in Spain particularly vivid and painful. We follow Jonathan through this dreadful period which really stands out in this long book. It is the disappearance of his love that is the mystery of this tale, one full of skeletons, suffering and twisting clues dropped casually into a mystery. You must keep your wits about you to follow. It is very good...
Bath, 1821. Rachel Crofton seizes the opportunity to leave behind the binds of her unhappy employment as a governess and start a new life as the wife of a charming self-made merchant. Through her new husband's connections Rachel is invited to become the companion of the reclusive Jonathan Alleyn, a man tortured by memories of what he witnessed in the Peninsula War, and tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice, 12 years ago.
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Bath, 1821. Rachel Crofton seizes the opportunity to leave behind the binds of her unhappy employment as a governess and start a new life as the wife of a charming self-made merchant.
The Misbegotten features in the following genres: Family Drama, Historical Fiction, Books of the Month, Book Club Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories, eBooks of the Month, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, Sagas, Fiction, Recommendations
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The Misbegotten was written by Katherine Webb and published by Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
