This story is set in Victorian England in the 1850s. Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould is enjoying a house party when a stinging remark made in jealousy by her friend, Isobel Alvie, leads to the suicide of Gwendolyn Kilmuir. Feeling Isobel should be held accountable for her cruel remark, the house party determines that she must travel to Gwendolyn's family to tell them of her death and the role she played in it. Failure to complete the task will lead to Isobel becoming an outcast in society. Lady Vespasia joins Isobel on the journey which turns out to be more arduous than expected. I had heard good things about the author, but ultimately found the story slow and the characters rather uninteresting. 160 pages.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry
This story is set in Victorian England in the 1850s. Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould is enjoying a house party when a stinging remark made in jealousy by her friend, Isobel Alvie, leads to the suicide of Gwendolyn Kilmuir. Feeling Isobel should be held accountable for her cruel remark, the house party determines that she must travel to Gwendolyn's family to tell them of her death and the role she played in it. Failure to complete the task will lead to Isobel becoming an outcast in society. Lady Vespasia joins Isobel on the journey which turns out to be more arduous than expected. I had heard good things about the author, but ultimately found the story slow and the characters rather uninteresting. 160 pages.
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