Alice in Exile
Author | : Piers Paul Read |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2004-03-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 0312325789 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780312325787 |
Rating | : 4/5 (787 Downloads) |
Download or read book Alice in Exile written by Piers Paul Read and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-03-09 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice in Exile is Piers Paul Read's triumphant return to the fiction for which he is widely praised: romantic, dramatic, and rich with detail. It features Alice Fry--an independent woman in a world ruled by men--and the two men who love her. It is 1913 when Alice meets Edward Cobb, the eligible son of a baronet. When Alice's father, a radical publisher, gets involved in a scandal, Edward breaks off their engagement, unaware that Alice is expecting his child. Desperate, she travels to Russia to serve as a governess for charming Baron Rettenberg, as the Russian Revolution and World War I rage on.