The Colonial Countess

By Robin Bell

On her arrival in England in 1886, after sailing from Melbourne Australia, eighteen-year-old Mary Evans discovers she belongs to an aristocratic family and has inherited the title of Countess. Life becomes very complicated for Mary, who has no knowledge of the aristocratic way of life or the role she is expected to uphold. She has many adventures as she deals, in her own way, with the various situations that arise in the months following her arrival in England.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Feb 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524522551

Robin Bell

ROBIN BELL, is a retired teacher who now lives on and manages the family dairy farm in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia purchased by her grandfather in 1910.

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