The Lady's Maid

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She is married with two grown-up children and four grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. until a chance meeting forces them to face the truth of that night nearly twenty years before a truth turning both their worlds upside down and maybe breaking up their friendship for ever. Kate, on the other hand, takes charge of every circumstance with her practical hard working personality, overcoming every obstacle except her sense of place.

I know this happens in fiction, but usually it's because they are seeking the person they suddenly find. Although the reader can see the way the book will go the reader stays interested and needs to find out how things unwind. Dilly Court grew up in North-east London and began her career in television, writing scripts for commercials. While some might protest the love story for Kate and Harry (a man whose wealth comes from trade), including Kate, there are enough historical accounts to show that love did defeat the class and wealth barriers, especially among those who earned their wealth. If you like historical fiction with strong personalities, tangles built out of society’s expectations, a love story, and a touch of mystery, this is one not to miss.Whilst Kate grows up knowing only poverty and servitude, Josie's world is one of privilege and luxury.

Two female babies denied their birth mothers and brought up in very different, yet side by side circumstances. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The story begins with an awkward friendship between a spoiled, manipulative lady and her lifelong friend who begins the book as a beleaguered housemaid. Kate hurried homeward as fast as the iron-clad pattens would allow, wrapping her thin shawl a little tighter around her head and shoulders.The Romany grandmother finds a safe home for this girl as well, both children growing up believing themselves legitimate. Some parts of the book seemed a bit contrived to fit the story and didn't really represent natural occurrences.

In this novel, they just seem to happen upon each other, in the wrong part of the country and for no apparent reason other than that it needs to happen to continue the story. This was a good "guilty pleasure" historical romance, as tasty and insubstantial as a box of chocolates. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The first portrayal was enough to make me worry the author shared the views of that period, but then as the story unfolds, a much more nuanced view comes into play.I also feel these books should have a glossary to show the meaning of some words as I always have to refer to a dictionary for a number of words. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

From the start, the story regarding two babies born on the same day and delivered by the same woman seemed a bit unlikely. A lot of drama and twists of fate before the happy ending coupled with an unexpected turn-around in circumstances. As the years have passed, Kate has grown up knowing only poverty and servitude, whilst Josie's world is one of privilege and luxury. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.She lived in the rat infested stables with the smell of horses clinging to her hair and clothes, while Josephine Damerell, the spoilt, petted and over-indulged daughter of the house, dwelt in luxury. This is the second historical novel I have read by Dilly Court, and once again, she sunk me into the period with all the prejudice and classism endemic in the 1800s. Another flaw is that several times when the principle characters are at rock bottom, rescuers suddenly appear out of nowhere.