Raven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When
the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency
England, announces that raven-haired Minerva, the eldest of his six
daughters, is to have her coming-out in London, the news is not well
received by the rest of the family. Mrs. Armitage has one of her
Spasms and has to be brought round by burning a quantity of feathers
under her nose. Annabelle, the nearest in age to Minerva, is clearly
jealous, the boys are all surly, and the other girls just start off crying.
Minerva is despatched to Town under the wing of the disreputable old
Lady Godolphin. Her task - to find a rich husband and thereby restore
the ailing family fortunes.
But the other five daughters will all get their chance, because
Minerva is but the first volume in The Six Sisters series by
Marion Chesney.
