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Viscount Birkinshaw orders his daughter, Kitty, to marry the spirited brother of the Earl of Edgerton, hoping for a perfect match. Yet from the first moment Kitty sets off for Edgerton Park, a mystery brews: the true bride’s identity is unclear, and an imposter finds her place among the titled. With Kitty and her maid, Emily, arriving from the academy run by Miss Marchmont, the household grows crowded by regality and deception, forcing those involved to guard closely against the disguised bride and the beautiful stranger.
The novel follows the social intrigues and identity snafus of early‑modern aristocratic Britain, as characters juggle expectations, masquerades, and secrets in the grandeur of an estate and the structure of a private school.
First publish date: November 1990
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Elizabeth Mansfield
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