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When Mark Weatherby disappears after asking for Kathryn Pennan's hand in marriage, her abusive stepfather forces her to marry a wealthy young banker, but when she is falsely accused of murdering her husband, Kathryn flees to London where she finds a new life and new opportunities
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Another of Hodge's restless female heroines (Polonaise, Secret Island, etc.) is, again, nearly extinguished by the dismal and deadly double-standard of England's late-18th century. Young Kathryn Pennam, whose titled mother married poisonous oaf Mr. Morehead--a man who's not only wasted her money but chased housemaids--is in love. Her half-brothers' tutor, Mark Weatherby, returns her love. They plan to marry, in fact, but that plan is nipped in the bud when Morehead, unbeknownst to Kathryn, knocks out Mark and disposes of the body. When last seen, Mark's body is flying over the cliff and into the sea. (As any veteran romance- reader knows, however, no hero is dead until he expires in plain sight.) Then troubles accumulate. Morehouse takes Kathryn's inheritance and assaults her. Finally, she marries (for her mother's sake) a young banker whom she finds agreeable, Thomas Comryn. Thomas, a clumsy and increasingly brutal lover, is at first easy enough--though he's under the thumb of awful Mother Comryn-- but when Mother C. comes the influence of a hellfire preacher, Kathryn is truly abused. Then: the bank fails, Thomas commits suicide, Kathryn posts to the rescue--of bank, child-on-the-way, and her freedom. A packed plot (but with never a feeling of rush) with bad men doing their worst and a good heroine soldiering through. Plus a bonus--a trip through some English canals. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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YA-- Set in England at the time of the French Revolution, this historical novel is hard to put down. Mark Weatherby disappears after asking Kathryn Pennan's abusive, lecherous stepfather for her hand in marriage. A year later, she is forced to marry a wealthy young banker, a desperate act to save her family from poverty and to escape the advances of her stepfather. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Kathryn does her best to adjust to the situation. Falsely accused of murdering her husband, a pregnant Kathryn flees from her small town and settles in London, where she finds a world of opportunity and an unlikely change in her circumstances. This is a suspenseful story with a courageous young woman as the main character and a happy ending.
- Linda A. Vretos, West Springfield High School, VA
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0340564083
- ISBN 13 9780340564080
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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