The Marquis of Westmarch

Frances Vernon
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571322541
Date Published
27.11.2014
Delivery
All orders are sent via Royal Mail and are tracked: choose from standard or premium delivery.
Summary

The Marquis of Westmarch (1989) was Frances Vernon’s fifth novel, and perhaps her most original and richly imagined work, fit to stand comparison with Théophile Gautier’s famous gender-bending historical romance Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835).

Its protagonist is Meriel Longmaster, a handsome and well-liked nobleman who conceals a secret known only to the loyal steward who has known him since youth. Meriel begins to feel the need to confide that secret in another, while sensing, rightly, that this will have dire consequences.

‘A book which combines the narrative excitement of Georgette Heyer with the sexual premises of Germaine Greer … a provocative and lively presentation of feminist issues.’ Caroline Brandenburger, Independent

‘A fantastic, haunting, and extremely well-written story of love and death.’ Philippa Toomey, The Times

FrancesVernon

Frances Vernon was born on December 1 1963, and raised on the Sudbury Estate in Derbyshire. At the age of 18 she embarked upon a writing career, and would complete six novels in the space of ten years. Privileged Children (1982) won the Author’s Club Award for Best First Novel, and the Daily Express praised its ‘genuine sparkle and invention.’…

Read More
FrancesVernon