The House At Harcourt

It is 1859. Eliza Forester is left motherless at the tender age of three when her father orders his wife from the house, accusing her of infidelity. He keeps the child, not out of love since he is certain she is not his, but to spite his wife. Her name is never mentioned at Harcourt Barton, the beautiful Jacobean house and estate near Exeter owned by Eliza's father. Eliza grows up believing her mother is dead. Her happiest times are spent with Ruby and Jerome, the children of tenant farmers on her father's estate. When, at sixteen, Eliza's innocent friendship with Jerome turns to love, Eliza - like her mother - is banished to London to live with her aunt. Her father, determined she will make a 'good' match, lies to her that Jerome has married, and forces her to wed aristocratic, dissolute Hedworth Lambton. It is the greatest mistake of her life ...

Title - The House At Harcourt

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Author - Anita Burgh

ISBN 13 - 9780752849454

Imprint - Orion mass market paperback

Publisher - Orion Publishing Co

Date Published - 06/02/2003

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 112 x 179 x 33mm

Weight - 290 g

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