Parson Harding's Daughter

by Joanna Trollope and Caroline Harvey

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552142999
• ISBN13: 9780552142991
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Love or virtue? Convention or committment?

Also published as Mistaken Virtue by Joanna Trollope. This is a well written historical romance. It is not light and frothy. Caroline, our heroine, agrees to accept a marriage with East India Company Clerk and local libertine, Johnny Gates. She will travel alone to India, where they will marry. Caroline is looking for freedom from a home with a bitter, joyless sister. Johnny is looking for access to his small inheritance controlled by his manipulative aunt, Lady Lennox. The marriage will solve both of these needs. All in all, a bad deal for everyone concerned. Johnny doesn't want the responsibility of a wife. Caroline can't find anything worthy of love or respect in her new husband. Will Johnny fall in love with his wife? Will Caroline be able to curb his more destructive tendencies? How Caroline survives in India, finds loyal friends and the strenghth to remain true to herself is this Romance's story. (The description of India, her people and the British community that lives and works there is fascinating.) Ultimately, Caroline finds love and contentment in India. The question for the reader is: Does misguided loyalty stop her from finding love sooner? Recommended.