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To See a Fine Lady

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When, at the Pollards Harvest Supper of 1817, Araminta Glover was seduced by Jan Honeywood, the outcome seemed inevitable. Araminta, like so many servant girls, would marry her poor suitor and prepare to raise a large family on nine shillings a week. But 17-year-old Araminta was determined enough to rebel against the pattern of impoverished rural life and, putting marriage and Jan firmly behind her, she accepted the post of dairymaid in the house of the strange Mrs Stancy – thrifty, terrifying, and vicious – a woman who was not what she appeared to be…And here begins a new life for Araminta Glover…
Author Norah Lofts
Narrator Charlotte Strevens
Duration 8 hours and 49 minutes
ISBN 9781407966205
Format Audiobook
Publisher Soundings
Genre Historical romance
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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