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The Misbegotten
- Author
- Katherine Webb
- Narrator
- Jacqueline King
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 27 March 2014
- Run Time
- 17 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn.
Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice.
Starling, foundling child and now servant, is convinced that Alice, the woman she loved as a sister, was stolen from her. Did Alice run away? Or did something altogether more sinister occur?
As Starling tries to expose the lies behind Bath's immaculate facades, others want only to forget, and will go to extreme lengths to do so. And the courage both Rachel and Starling need to bring these truths to light will come at a very high price . . .
Read by Jacqueline King
(p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group
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Details
- Author
- Katherine Webb
- Narrator
- Jacqueline King
- Duration
- 17 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 March 2014
- ISBN
- 9781409154198
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Historical romance, Historical fiction
Synopsis
Bath, 1821. Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling child and now servant, is convinced that Alice, the woman she loved as a sister, was stolen from her. Did Alice run away? Or did something altogether more sinister occur? As Starling tries to expose the lies behind Bath's immaculate facades, others want only to forget, and will go to extreme lengths to do so. And the courage both Rachel and Starling need to bring these truths to light will come at a very high price . . .Read by Jacqueline King(p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group
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