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| Title | : | And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily #1) |
| Author | : | Tasha Alexander |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 321 pages |
| Published | : | October 10th 2006 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published October 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Historical Mystery |
Tasha Alexander
Paperback | Pages: 321 pages Rating: 3.74 | 16069 Users | 1981 Reviews
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From gifted new writer Tasha Alexander comes a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murderAnd Only to Deceive
For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, the Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her overbearing mother, who was set on a grand society match. So when Emily's dashing husband died on safari soon after their wedding, she felt little grief. After all, she barely knew him. Now, nearly two years later, she discovers that Philip was a far different man from the one she had married so cavalierly. His journals reveal him to have been a gentleman scholar and antiquities collector who, to her surprise, was deeply in love with his wife. Emily becomes fascinated with this new image of her dead husband and she immerses herself in all things ancient and begins to study Greek.
Emily's intellectual pursuits and her desire to learn more about Philip take her to the quiet corridors of the British Museum, one of her husband's favorite places. There, amid priceless ancient statues, she uncovers a dark, dangerous secret involving stolen artifacts from the Greco-Roman galleries. And to complicate matters, she's juggling two very prominent and wealthy suitors, one of whose intentions may go beyond the marrying kind. As she sets out to solve the crime, her search leads to more surprises about Philip and causes her to question the role in Victorian society to which she, as a woman, is relegated.
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| Original Title: | And Only to Deceive |
| ISBN: | 006114844X (ISBN13: 9780061148446) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lady Emily #1 |
| Characters: | Lady Emily Ashton, Ivy Brandon, Cécile du Lac, Robert Brandon, Colin Hargreaves, Lady Catherine Bromley, Andrew Palmer, Arthur Palmer, Margaret Seward, Aldwin Attewater |
Rating Containing Books And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily #1)
Ratings: 3.74 From 16069 Users | 1981 ReviewsComment On Containing Books And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily #1)
GR has recommends this book to me for at least a year. I chanced upon it at a used book sale and thought, "what the hell?" I'm ever so glad I did! The only downfall to the plot is that the heroine doesn't enjoy coffee!?!??!! Of course, she is a Victorian lady, so it's tea for her, but she is so spunky that taking a glass of port after dinner with the gentlemen is quite acceptable. The plot left me questioning until the very end. I really didn't know who to blame for the crimes committed and wasAs the novel opens, Lady Emily Ashton is horrified. She's a recent (and young) widow, and her period of half-mourning is not yet over. She's entered the stage where it's acceptable to participate in limited social events, and her mother plans to use these occasions to relaunch Emily into the marriage market. Emily had chosen to marry her husband to get away from her mother's matchmaking; apparently, even her status as a widow is not enough to protect her from her mother, now.Her husband died
Our heroine married an acceptable suitor and was prepared to do her duty. She didnt actually love him, but in her world love wasnt necessary. Then he leaves for a safari and dies. Or did he? After a year of quiet widowhood she embarks on a quest to find the truth.
A very slow building. A very deitailed descriptions. A very intriguing premise of falling in love with a deceised husband.The first part was really slow, but it picked pace until at almost the very end it became really interesting!
This felt so very much like well, several books I've read before, but especially Silent in the Grave: Both were in the first person. In both, a Victorian lady is widowed, doesn't mind very much, finds out much later poor old hubby, Philip, Viscount Ashton, was murdered, and conducts investigation alongside husband's friend (with whom there are sparks) while stressing constantly about what to wear and when can I get out of mourning for heaven's sake it's not like I loved him. In both, I wound up
And Only to Deceive is billed as a novel of suspense set in the 1880s (though mostly Im in suspense as to whether the heroine will do some other wildly anachronistic thing!) Emily Ashton marries Philip Ashton solely to escape her mothers nagging; he dies in a hunting accident shortly after their marriage and its only after his death that she realizes he was a man of hidden depths, which she begins to explore. Theres a mystery involving forgeries and stolen antiquities from Greece and a budding
This book? It was not my thing.It was certainly readable enough -- nice and popcorny and fun -- but the thing about popcorn reading is that suspension of disbelief with regard to anachronisms kind of relies on a certain kind of lightheartedness, at least for me.So when the narrator started going on and on about how she was now Free From The Bounds Of Society, my disbelief went crashing to the ground. Sure, I wouldn't want to have lived back then, but I feel like there's a way to do this kind of
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