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England, Victorian Era. Amelia Peabody, a middle aged spinster and somewhat of a scholar, just inherited a considerable amount of money from her deceased father, seeing this as her opportunity for freedom, she decides to travel to Egypt and explore all the places she’s been reading about in books. Armed with her parasol and a unique personality, Amelia ventures into a world of men, who don’t take lightly to being ordered about by a woman, especially one as eccentric as her. (…)
England, Victorian Era. Lady Emily Ashton, newly wed, has just lost her husband to a raging fever while he was on an African safari with a couple of friends. Having married him to escape her mother’s rule, she’s not as grief stricken as she should be, Philip was a stranger to her and she almost feels relief at his departure. But oddly, after a while, through his friends and acquaintances, the books he liked to read and the antiquities he collected, Emily perceives a side of her husband she didn’t know existed and as shocking as it is, he seemed to actually be in love with her. (…)
Yesterday was the deadline for the Victorian Challenge, I had aimed for the Visit to Buckingham Palace (reading 6 books), but could only manage the Tour of the British Museum (reading 5 books). I was almost there, but yesterday I fell asleep at 1 am while reading the last book for this challenge, a couple more hours and I would have achieved my intended level. Anyway, I’m happy to have finished it and more importantly had so much fun, Queen Victoria’s era is so fascinating and I discovered a couple of new authors that I sure want to keep an eye on. (…)
While throwing a dinner party for a few guests, Lady Julia Grey sees her husband collapse at her feet. Though still a young man, no one is particularly shocked to see him die a couple of hours later, due to a chronic family infirmity that had always plagued him. Trouble begins when she receives a surprise visit from Sir Nicholas Brisbane, who was apparently working for her deceased husband as an investigator, trying to discover who was sending him death threats. Lady Julia cannot believe that someone had anything against her husband, London’s society sweetheart could not have been murdered, as Sir Nicholas suggests. (…)
