Under Cromwell’s Protectorate, the young heiress Lady Sue lives in a Kentish manor ruled by her impoverished guardian, Sir Marmaduke de Chavasse, and his pious Puritan steward Hymn-of-Praise Busy. When a romantic stranger calling himself Prince Amédé d’Orléans begins to court her in secret beneath the elms, intrigue over her fortune follows.
A light, twisting costume romance by the creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Download the free EPUB.