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The Left-Handed Marriage
A. O'Connor
Poolbeg Press
November 2014
On Sale: October 20, 2014
Featuring: Max Von Hoffsten; Diana Cantwell
424 pages ISBN: Kindle: B00OQHNSXE e-Book
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Mystery Historical | Historical
Irish beauty Diana Cantwell meets charming Max Von Hoffsten,
eldest son and heir to a German count, and their romance
blossoms in the carefree days before the First World War.
But when they become engaged, Max’s father insists on a
‘left-handed marriage’, a custom among the German
aristocracy in cases where the bride does not have the
required pedigree. This means that, although Diana will be
Max’s lawful wife, neither she nor their children will have
any claim to Max’s eventual title or wealth.
Deeply in love, Max and Diana agree to these terms and
the newlyweds dazzle from Ascot to the Riviera and host
lavish skiing parties at their estate in the Alps. However,
as the dark clouds of war gather across Europe, Diana
becomes concerned by her loving husband’s unpredictability
and what she suspects are sinister secrets beneath his
family’s glamorous lifestyle.
When war is declared Diana finds herself caught between
two sides, as her own Anglo-Irish family are fighting for
the British and Max is an officer in the German army. Diana,
refusing to leave her beloved husband, becomes a figure of
mistrust in Germany and is portrayed as a treasonous woman
in the British press.
When Max is reported missing presumed dead, Diana is
rejected by his family. Widowed, penniless, her reputation
in tatters and her own family in Ireland destroyed by the
war, Diana sets out to rebuild her life.
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