Regarded as a series of pictures of the society of the time, the Diary is unsurpassed for vivid Colouring and truthful delineation. As such alone it would possess a strong claim...

In London, Evelina's beauty and ambiguous social status attract unwanted attention and unkind speculation. Ignorant of the conventions and behaviors of 18th-century London...

Step behind the curtain of Georgian high society and the royal court of King George III through the intimate, unfiltered eyes of a brilliant literary observer. From surviving the...

Juliet Granville tries to become self-sufficient, but her story reveals many difficulties of a woman in her friendless situation. Women take advantage of her economically and men...

An orphaned heiress inherits a massive fortune, but it comes with a crippling condition: her future husband must take her surname to claim the wealth. Plunged into London's...

Fleeing the terrifying violence of the French Revolution, a mysterious and penniless woman arrives in England with no name and no past. Forced to rely on the charity of strangers,...

A panoramic novel of eighteenth-century London, Cecilia, subtitled Memoirs of an Heiress, is a novel, about the trials and tribulations of a young upper class woman who must...

A panoramic novel of eighteenth-century London, Cecilia, subtitled Memoirs of an Heiress, is a novel, about the trials and tribulations of a young upper class woman who must...

Raised in secluded obscurity, a beautiful but unacknowledged nobleman's daughter is suddenly thrust into the dazzling, overwhelming world of London's elite. Armed with nothing but...

A young woman navigates the treacherous waters of societal expectations, romance, and financial ruin in 18th-century England. As she steps into the adult world, her innocent heart...