The widow's secret
(2020)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Flax Bay Books, 2020
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ISBN/ISSN
9781393518235 MWT15045293, 1393518230 15045293
LANGUAGE
English
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A young widow desperate to escape. A voyage that will test her to the limit.The year is 1841. Victoria is on the throne, but women are not in control of their own destiny, and Elisabeth Godwin is facing a grim future after the death of her husband.Her brother-in-law is desperate to avoid ruin and determined to remove the threat she poses to him, leaving an escape to the colonies as her only option. But the challenges of an epic voyage in a crowded sailing ship are not limited to ferocious storms, social conflict and single men in want of a wife.It soon becomes clear that danger has followed her. The ship has become a trap. To survive, she will need to use both her head and her heart to decide who to trust, because the most dangerous adversary is the one you least expect

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