Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
195 books
Historical Fiction
1.1K
Fanny Burney - Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress
The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives...
35 hours 50 minutes
Historical Fiction
1.1K
Anthony Trollope - Can You Forgive Her?
“Can You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introduces the reader to Plantagenet and Glencora Palliser, as they court, marry,...
32 hours 16 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.1K
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Wives and Daughters
If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book! Mrs. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest British novelists of the Victorian era. She was one of the earliest novelists...
27 hours 16 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.1K
Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers
This is the second in Trollope’s ‘Barsetshire’ series of novels. The later novels in the series move away from Barchester itself but 'Barchester Towers' is very much a sequel to the first book ‘The Warden’, which is...
22 hours 25 minutes
