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Rent Lady's Maid
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: May 2007
Genre: Fiction - Historical - General
Retail Price: $17.00
Pages: 560
Synopsis
Absorbing...Heartbreaking...Forster paints a vivid picture of class, station, hypocrisy and survival in Victorian society....Grips the reader's imagination on every page.'
-- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
She was Elizabeth Barrett's lady's maid. But 'Wilson' was more than that. She was a confidante, friend and conspirator in Elizabeth's forbidden romance with Robert Browning. Wilson stayed with Elizabeth for sixteen years, through every trial and crisis, and when Wilson's affairs took a dramatic turn she expected the same loyalty from Elizabeth....
Reviews
this is written from the point of view of elizabeth browning barrett's lady's maid, and stretches over a good deal of her life. i liked the book, it was a very good historical fiction book, but i did not like the main character, wilson. she was just so stupid! i hated to see someone used so utterly and just take it. a good read, though.