Book description
Julia has no portion, so can look forward to marriage only with an
impecunious curate. Life as a governess or companion beckons. When her
sister Fanny, with her husband Sir Frederick and their daughters, go
to Vienna to visit his grandmother, she seizes the chance to go as
governess to her nieces. In Vienna the congress which is to settle the
fate of Europe after the Napoleonic wars is gathering. There she meets
the attractive Sir Carey Fitzhugh, who has left his young fiancée,
Angelica, behind in England. He is planning to return for a spring
wedding, but becoming concerned at Angelica's infrequent letters. When
Fanny sets off for home with some friends, Julia and her maid follow
in another, slower coach. But there is an accident to Julia's coach in
Bavaria. She loses all her belongings and is penniless, a long way
from home. How will she resolve her problem and who will help?
Marina Oliver lives in Shropshire.
