Troy Chimneys
Author | : Margaret Kennedy |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2014-10-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781473513051 |
ISBN-13 | : 1473513057 |
Rating | : 4/5 (057 Downloads) |
Download or read book Troy Chimneys written by Margaret Kennedy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Victorian gentleman is forced by illness to entertain himself with the family archive, and he uncovers the Regency-era correspondence and diaries of one Miles Lufton, MP - apparently a black sheep of the family, connected with a scandal long buried. But through the pieced-together artefacts from the past, a fuller picture emerges of a man torn between two personalities - Miles, serious, studious and penniless, and 'Pronto', flirt, political mover and eternal 'extra man'. Miles longs to dispose of his disreputable alter ego, but that way lies calamity...