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The American Heiress
- Author
- Dorothy Eden
- Narrator
- Kirsten Potter
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 24 March 2020
- Run Time
- 7 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
It is spring of 1915. Spoiled twenty-one-year-old Clemency Jervis and her Fifth Avenue entourage board the Lusitania, bound for England, where Clemency is to marry the dashing Lord Hugo Hazzard of Loburn. A few miles off the Irish coast, the ship is torpedoed by the Germans. One of the few survivors is Clemency's maid, Hetty Brown, a young woman who resembles her mistress. Surprised to be taken for Clemency, Hetty carries out a daring deception that makes her a nobleman's wife and the mistress of a magnificent country estate, despite doubts about her among some in her aristocratic new set.
Suspenseful, surprising, and heartwarming, The American Heiress is a tale of love, war, and the far-reaching, often-unexpected consequences of our actions.
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Details
- Author
- Dorothy Eden
- Narrator
- Kirsten Potter
- Duration
- 7 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 March 2020
- ISBN
- 9781705214480
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Historical romance, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Historical fiction, First World War fiction, Romance
Synopsis
A New York Times bestselling author brings World War I–era England to vibrant life in this romantic saga in which destiny turns a lady's maid into a lady.It is spring of 1915. Spoiled twenty-one-year-old Clemency Jervis and her Fifth Avenue entourage board the Lusitania, bound for England, where Clemency is to marry the dashing Lord Hugo Hazzard of Loburn. A few miles off the Irish coast, the ship is torpedoed by the Germans. One of the few survivors is Clemency's maid, Hetty Brown, a young woman who resembles her mistress. Surprised to be taken for Clemency, Hetty carries out a daring deception that makes her a nobleman's wife and the mistress of a magnificent country estate, despite doubts about her among some in her aristocratic new set. Suspenseful, surprising, and heartwarming, The American Heiress is a tale of love, war, and the far-reaching, often-unexpected consequences of our actions.
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