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Minerva
The Six Sisters Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- M.C. Beaton
- Narrator
- Claire Morgan
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 8 September 2022
- Run Time
- 6 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical romance
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Raven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency England, announces that raven-haired Minerva, the eldest of his six daughters, is to have her coming-out in London, the news is not well received by the rest of the family. Mrs. Armitage has one of her Spasms and has to be brought round by burning a quantity of feathers under her nose. Annabelle, the nearest in age to Minerva, is clearly jealous, the boys are all surly, and the other girls just start off crying.
Minerva is despatched to Town under the wing of the disreputable old Lady Godolphin. Her task - to find a rich husband and thereby restore the ailing family fortunes.
But the other five daughters will all get their chance, because Minerva is but the first volume in The Six Sisters series by Marion Chesney.
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Details
- Author
- M.C. Beaton
- Narrator
- Claire Morgan
- Duration
- 6 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9781405555456
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Historical romance
Synopsis
Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin seriesRaven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency England, announces that raven-haired Minerva, the eldest of his six daughters, is to have her coming-out in London, the news is not well received by the rest of the family. Mrs. Armitage has one of her Spasms and has to be brought round by burning a quantity of feathers under her nose. Annabelle, the nearest in age to Minerva, is clearly jealous, the boys are all surly, and the other girls just start off crying. Minerva is despatched to Town under the wing of the disreputable old Lady Godolphin. Her task - to find a rich husband and thereby restore the ailing family fortunes. But the other five daughters will all get their chance, because Minerva is but the first volume in The Six Sisters series by Marion Chesney.
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