MY REVIEW
This is first book I have read by AnneMarie Brear and I thoroughly enjoyed it - as a fan of sagas and historical romance, The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl has all the elements I want to find in these genres.
Annabelle Wallis is a young girl, raised by her 'Ma' who took her in when she was orphaned as a baby - their life has been a good if humble one, living as tenants on the estate of the Hartley family. When the daughter of the family, Lady Eliza arrives on Annabelle's doorstep in labour and with her beloved 'Ma' recently deceased, Annabelle does her best to help Eliza's with the baby's delivery. But then she is left with the baby...
The story follows Annabelle as she struggles to keep herself and the baby safe amid the poverty and dangers of York's underbelly. All the while, John Hartley (Eliza's brother) is trying to track Annabelle down believing her to have fled in desperation - he has to find the young woman he noticed long before Annabelle did what she thought she must to save his sister's baby.
A wonderful read - recommended!
The Orphan in the
Peacock Shawl
Yorkshire Dales
1850
As a terrible storm rages, Annabelle Wallis is
shocked to find a distressed young woman at her cottage door, heavy with child.
Moments later a baby girl is born. But by dawn, the mother has vanished,
leaving behind the helpless child wrapped only in a silk peacock shawl.
When news spreads that Lady Eliza Hartley,
sister to wealthy estate owner, John Hartley, has been found dead, Annabelle
realises the terrible secret she has stumbled on. Terrified she’ll be blamed
for Eliza’s death, Annabelle flees to the filthy slums of York, where she plans
to raise the precious orphan as her own.
The cobbled streets of York’s slums are no place
for a young woman like Annabelle or a Hartley babe and John Hartley is
determined to bring them both home. But Annabelle proves impossible to find.
Annabelle can’t hide forever from the wealthy
Hartley family, but can she ever give up the baby she loves?
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AnneMarie Brear is the bestselling historical
fiction writer of over twenty novels. She lives in the Southern Highlands in
NSW, and has spent many years visiting and working in the UK. Her books are
mainly set in Yorkshire, from where her family hails, and Australia, between
the nineteenth century and WWI.
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