She has one friend who does not like Archie, and the feeling is mutual, but this aspect and potential tension does not really get developed in the book. Typical of the times, once she has given birth to Felix she is a stay-at-home mother, and her life is largely controlled and directed by her husband. Violet is an orphan without no-one really to speak for her, and she believes she has fallen into a real-life fairy tale. Young Violet is swept off her feet by Lord Archie Murray, an urbane, wealthy, debonair gentleman, avid collector of books, and recently widowed. Much younger than her husband, we are with her as she changes, and becomes less innocent as the book progresses.Īrchie: Lord Murray, outwardly the perfect gentleman, but possessed of a dark secret.Ĭlara: The nanny, brought in to help Violet with her one child.įelix: The very young son of Violet and Archie, he becomes a battleground of sorts between the two women. Violet: The protagonist, she is the second wife of Lord Archie Murray. A gothic horror story, set in Edwardian times, with a sub-plot of real life echoing fairytales.
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