Animating Maria - Hardcover

Beaton, M.C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750537604 ISBN 13: 9780750537605

Publisher: Magna Large Print Books, 2013

Synopsis

If you have a wild, unruly, or undisciplined daughter, two ladies of genteel birth offer to bring out said daughter and refine what may have seemed unrefinable. We can make the best of the worst. Amy and Effy Tribble place this advertisement in the Morning Post and hire themselves out as chaperones to prepare difficult young misses for marriage, educating them in their School of Manners. Maria Kendall is beautiful, delightfully mannered, graceful and the Tribble sisters think they will have no problem securing her a duke. They have not, however, reckoned on her boorish, vulgar parents...

About this title

About the Author

M. C. Beaton has won international acclaim for her bestselling Hamish Macbeth mysteries and the Agatha Raisin mystery series. She is also the author of more than one hundred romance titles and a series of romantic suspense novels, the Edwardian Mystery series. Born in Scotland, she now divides her time between Paris and the English Cotswolds.

Review

Nicely atmospheric, most notable for its gentle humour and adventurous spirit Publishers Weekly A delightful tale... romance fans are in for a treat Booklist (M C Beaton) is the best of the Regency writers Kirkus Reviews

Edition details

• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750537604
• ISBN 13: 9780750537605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240