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St. Martin's Griffin
January 2015
On Sale: December 23, 2014
Featuring: Lady Rosina; Isobel Dilberne; Robert
352 pages
ISBN: 1250049334
EAN: 9781250049339
Kindle: B00AQUTOE2
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Women's Fiction Historical
England, 1905. Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne, as well
as their entire regal estate, with its hundred rooms, are
busy planning for a lavish visit from King Edward VII and
his mistress just a few months away. Preparations are
elaborate and exhaustive: the menus and fashions must be
just so. But even amidst the excitement, not everyone is happy. Lady Rosina—now widowed and wealthy— insists on publishing a
scandalous book despite her mother’s objections. Arthur
Dilberne and Chicago Heiress Minnie O’Brien’s two young
sons—the eldest of whom is heir to the estate—are being
reared to Lady Isobel's tastes, not Minnie's. After making a
shocking discovery, Minnie will take drastic measures for
the sake of her children. And when fate deals a hand in the
middle of the royal shooting party, the entire Dilberne
estate will face upheaval once again. The New Countess is the final novel in Fay Weldon's
outstanding trilogy that began with Habits of the House and
Long Live the King. As the bestselling novelist and
award-winning writer for the pilot episode of the original
Upstairs Downstairs, Weldon magnificently lifts the curtain
on early twentieth-century British society, upstairs and
downstairs, under one stately roof.
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