Anne Kathryn Killinger
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"This wonderful story is narrated by an elderly woman, Rachel Wilcox Farnsworth, whose mother was Kathryn Wilcox, the young friend of Becky in 'Pendle
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ton Farm', Anne Killinger's earlier novel. As a girl, Rachel fell in love with an Englishman, Lord Geoffrey Farnsworth, when he visited Pendleton as a cotton merchant. They inevitably married and Geoffrey took Rachel to live in Victorian England, where she charmed everyone at court so completely that Queen Victoria asked her to serve in her entourage. Thus we are provided with a rare American's-eye view of the Royal Court, and of the controversial queen whose reign outlasted those of all other British monarchs. Rachel's life is not all sweetness and light - especially when it comes to Geoffrey's mother, a jealous, conniving woman who would do anything to rid herself and England of the beautiful young lady who has captured her son's heart. But she is courageous and resourceful, and exudes a spirit of love and joie de vivre that ultimately wins and amuses even the queen who is famous for saying, 'We are not amused.'"--Back cover.
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