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She was the bestselling author of Regency England. Admired by Jane Austen, whose fame she eclipsed. John Ruskin declared her books ‘the most re-readable in existence’. Isn’t it time to read Maria Edgeworth?
On the death of her guardian, honest, generous-spirited Helen Stanley is urged to share the home of her childhood friend, Lady Cecilia. But this charming socialite is withholding secrets and Helen is drawn into a web of white lies and evasions that threaten not only her hopes for marriage but her very place in society.
A fascinating panorama of Britain’s political and intellectual elite in the early 1800s and a gripping romantic drama, Helen was the inspiration for Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters.
Introduction by John Mullan, Professor of English at University College, London, and host of the Guardian book club.
ISBN - 9780956003898
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Pages : 528
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