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Lädt ... The Homecomingvon Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
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Freed from her miserable marriage by widowhood, Henrietta is at last able to marry her beloved Jerome Compton, but his divorced state means that they have to make their home away from Yorkshire. Settling in London Henrietta finds she takes to urban life with great enjoyment, as does her daughter Lizzie. Soon their home is full of visitors from the best of the city's artistic and scientific circles, and she also makes contact with her cousin Lady Venetia - now a qualified doctor and married at long last to 'Beauty' Haselmere. Venetia's marriage has redeemed her reputation and they find themselves guests at Sandringham and Hatfield. Healthy children are born to both women and it seems as though the comfortable tenor of their lives will never be disturbed again, but clouds are gathering on the horizon and when the deluge comes one of them is forced out of society. Yet it proves more of a homecoming than an exile. Another absorbing piece of English history, deftly told with a rich and colourful background. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Over the course of several generations, the different branches of the Morland family have diverged and ended up in different social classes. Thus, Harrod-Eagles is able to show us glimpses of life among the nobility and the royal courts, wealthy rural landowners, the growing middle classes, and even the working classes. I especially enjoyed watching members of one of the branches of the family set up a middle-class London home and navigate the social and educational scene.
As the novels have moved through the Victorian era, I’ve wondered whether some of the great Victorian writers might make a cameo. Finally in this novel we get to meet Oscar Wilde! I was very curious as to how Harrod-Eagles would handle some of the first open discussions of homosexuality in the series, and overall, I was impressed.
There were a few points when the book dragged a bit, mostly during the long discussions of the royal family. There were sometimes hard to follow if you aren’t familiar with late 19th-century royal family trees and how those family connections played out in the 20th century. Although I got frustrated while I was reading, on the whole, I’m glad that Harrod-Eagles doesn’t spoon-feed that information to her readers. I like for historical fiction to both teach me something I didn’t know and leave me wanting to know more. Harrod-Eagles does that, which makes this series a pleasure.
See my complete review at my blog. ( )