A Whisper in the Wind
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Following the life of the Gampton family, set on a country estate in Georgian England, the novel opens with the death of a servant who begs Henry Gampton, her master, to take care of her baby daughter, Angelina. Against his wife’s wishes, Henry agrees and the child is raised alongside his own daughter, Sophia.
Unaware of Angelina’s background, the girls become like sisters as they grow up.
However, Sophia’s life is turned upside down by the death of first her mother and then her father.
Inexperienced in matters of the heart, Sophia turns to her father’s stable manager for comfort as her world is threatened by the evil intent of her uncle who wishes to ensure that the Gampton estate does not fall into his niece’s hands, nor those of the daughter of a mere servant.
Unable to trust those around her, Sophia decides to run away with Robert and face a life of poverty, yet full of love, rather than be forced into an arranged marriage.
However, her plan is thwarted when her fiancé: Charles Longford, finds Sophia about to depart with Robert in the cold early morning air. Unwilling to see his future disappear, Charles decides to take drastic action in order to stop them.
Sonya C. Dodd
Sonya C. Dodd lives in Norfolk, England with her two sons, Hugo and Branwell.Whilst an English teacher, Sonya also writes as well as looking after her two children.Sonya currently has fifteen novels available in a range of genres. She has written a number of short stories and is currently completing her twentieth novel.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sophia and Angelina grew up as close-knit sisters of Henry and Georgiana Gampton in Longley Hall, a stately rural manor in 19th Century England, unaware that Angelina was really the orphaned daughter of a servant who died shortly after Angelina's birth. Now, as they reach womanhood, Angelina has developed feelings for the son of the owner of a neighboring estate and Sophia's eye is beginning to favor Robert, the stage manager at Longley. However, this is a time when the lines of class were not to be crossed and male lineage was considered superior with property rights. So, after Georgiana and then Henry pass away, both Sophia and Angelina suddenly face the sudden prospect of having their home, love prospects and happiness taken from them as Henry's brother, George, plots with all of the social advantages he has to take Longley Hall from them for his own family. I found the story to be a quick read and I came to care for the characters enough to imagine wrath at the villainous machinations of the greedy uncle, but I felt that a couple of the main characters' rash assumptions which ran counter to relationship history to be somewhat unrealistic and unnecessary to create additional conflict beyond the main issue. I also felt that describing this story as inspirational is open to interpretation. My interpretation did not find much inspiration in the resolution of this tale.