In April 1676 the village of Camylott holds its breath for the birth of an heir, and the boy grows into the Duke of Osmonde, a nobleman of uncommon gentleness and principle in the court world of Restoration and Queen Anne England. Burnett retells, from his side, his courtship of the headstrong Clorinda and the shadow cast by the rake Sir John Oxon.
A companion to A Lady of Quality, by the author of The Secret Garden, for lovers of period romance. Download the free EPUB.