Self-Control by Mary Brunton
Mary Brunton’s first novel Self-Control combines religion, romance and adventure. The main character, the beautiful but prim Laura Montreville, is pursued by the handsome libertine Colonel Hargrave. Financial misfortune takes Laura to London, where she meets De Courcy who becomes Laura’s admirer and anonymous patron. The unrepentant Hargrave has Laura taken to North America, but she escapes and is reunited with De Courcy.
Memoirs of a Highland Lady by Elizabeth Grant
First published in 1898, three years after her death, the memoirs of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus were originally intended simply for her family. This vivid record of life in the early 19th century is full of both wit and keen observation and forms an enduring picture of her life.
Modern Accomplishments by Catherine Sinclair
Currently out of print and not available as an ebook, Modern Accomplishments is a tale of ‘accomplished' young ladies in the 19th century. Matilda has been raised by an intellectual mother, whereas her cousin Eleanor is the perfect debutante. The 16-year-olds arrive in the Edinburgh of the 1830s to finish their education, and are met with a variety of opinions on how a young lady should behave.
Mary Brunton’s first novel Self-Control combines religion, romance and adventure. The main character, the beautiful but prim Laura Montreville, is pursued by the handsome libertine Colonel Hargrave. Financial misfortune takes Laura to London, where she meets De Courcy who becomes Laura’s admirer and anonymous patron. The unrepentant Hargrave has Laura taken to North America, but she escapes and is reunited with De Courcy.
Memoirs of a Highland Lady by Elizabeth Grant
First published in 1898, three years after her death, the memoirs of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus were originally intended simply for her family. This vivid record of life in the early 19th century is full of both wit and keen observation and forms an enduring picture of her life.
Modern Accomplishments by Catherine Sinclair
Currently out of print and not available as an ebook, Modern Accomplishments is a tale of ‘accomplished' young ladies in the 19th century. Matilda has been raised by an intellectual mother, whereas her cousin Eleanor is the perfect debutante. The 16-year-olds arrive in the Edinburgh of the 1830s to finish their education, and are met with a variety of opinions on how a young lady should behave.
