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The Maid of Honour (Historical Novel)
The Maid of Honour (Historical Novel)
The Maid of Honour (Historical Novel)
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"The Maid of Honour" is a historical novel set in the turbulent times of the French Revolution.
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"The queen was enchanted with the success of her protégée, who was speedily surrounded by an increasing circle of danglers who minced with toes turned out, shook back their costly ruffles, and lisped the most honeyed compliments from morn to dewy eve. She enjoyed her new position vastly, was blithe as a young bird, and gazed fearlessly on into a future, which seemed an interminable vista paved with roses. Nor was she the least spoilt by adulation. She liked flattery, as every pretty woman does, but looked forward at no very distant period to the sober, substantial enjoyment of calm domestic happiness. When it pleased her parents to provide a spouse, she was prepared to take him to her heart as a dutiful daughter should, and lavish on him all the treasures of a young and guileless affection."
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Release dateMay 7, 2021
ISBN4064066380380
The Maid of Honour (Historical Novel)

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