"Greeleys storytelling is intricate, masterly, and delightfully imaginative. Highly recommended."Library Journal (starred review)In this gorgeously written and spellbinding historical novel based on Pride and Prejudice, the author of The Clergymans Wife combines the knowing eye of Jane Austen with the eroticism and Gothic intrigue of Sarah Waters to reimagine the life of the mysterious Anne de Bourgh.As a fussy baby, Anne de Bourgh was prescribed laudanum to quiet her, and now the young woman must take the opiumheavy tincture every day. Growing up sheltered and confined, removed from sunshine and fresh air, the pale and overly slender Anne grew up with few companions except her cousins, including Fitzwilliam Darcy. Throughout their childhoods, it was understood that Darcy and Anne would marry and combine their vast estates of Pemberley and Rosings. But Darcy does not love Anne or want her.After her father dies unexpectedly, leaving her his vast fortune, Anne has a moment of clarity what if her life of fragility and illness isnt truly real? What if she could free herself from the medicine that clouds her sharp mind and leaves her body weak and lethargic? Might there be a better life without the medicine she has been told she cannot live without?In a frenzy of desperation, Anne discards her laudanum and flees to the London home of her cousin, Colonel John Fitzwilliam, who helps her through her painful recovery. Yet once she returns to health, new challenges await. Shy and...

Binding: Hardback; pages; Publisher: HarperCollins; Classification: ; Weight: 514 g; Dimensions: 137 x 210 x 30

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