The Mouse Wife Nash Adrienne
The Mouse Wife Nash Adrienne In 1939, when Elizabeth, the daughter of a wealthy cotton mill owner, meets the dashing honourable James, she is overwhelmed by a handsome young man who is the opposite…
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The Mouse Wife Nash Adrienne
In 1939, when Elizabeth, the daughter of a wealthy cotton mill owner, meets the dashing honourable James, she is overwhelmed by a handsome young man who is the opposite of her retiring, shy nature. Her father has no love of the aristocracy, wasters and scoundrels, he calls them, but for his daughter to be a future countess of Cumberland, that is something to contemplate. Elizabeth has been schooled in etiquette at a Swiss finishing school but suffered slights from other girls from the 'best' families in Europe, titled and arrogant.
On the estate, Castle Hemgarth in the county of Cumberland, Elizabeth feels safe. They marry but Elizabeth soon tires of the London scene. World War 2 intercedes and takes James away, leaving Elizabeth to nurse her dying father-in-law and the estate.
What Elizabeth and James want so badly is an heir but when James, an officer rising rank by rank, is away,