Virtue of a Governess - Softcover

Anne Brear

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908483687 ISBN 13: 9781908483683

Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

In 1867 Nicola Douglas attends a London lecture that inspires her to change her life. With no family, but a good education, she boards a ship to Australia with high hopes of a fresh start in a new country as a governess. But Sydney is full of young women with similar hopes and equally poor prospects. When Nicola is at her lowest, she meets Nathaniel West. Try as she might, her attraction to Nathaniel West grows. She also meets a visiting American, Hilton Warner. As both men shower her with attention, Nicola reaches a crisis. She came to Australia expecting to be a governess, but finding love, and being married, shows how empty her life has been since her parents’ death. Her achievements at the Governess Home are vital to her. Can she have both? To reject both men would relegate her to spinsterhood, but if she makes that choice, would her career ever be enough to sustain her?

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Brear was born in Australia to English parents. She has been a lifelong reader and started writing in 1997 when her children were small. She has a love of history, of grand old English houses, and a fascination of what might have happened beyond their walls. Her interests include reading, genealogy, watching movies, spending time with family, and eating chocolate—not always in that order.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908483687
• ISBN 13: 9781908483683
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 314