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Children of Chance
- A Mountjoy Novel
- Narrated by: Dawn Murphy
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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Children of Chance
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Publisher's Summary
Groom, best man, guests, even a bishop - but where is the bride? An orphan fresh out of convent school, Prue Pagan has no home and nowhere to go. Then a chance meeting with her worldly-wise friend Cleo lands her a summer job in the north of England at Mountjoy Castle, where generations of the Mountjoy family have loved, lusted, and scandalised their neighbours. Prue's innocence is no protection against the wickedness of the English upper classes. As a long sultry summer settles on the castle and its surrounding villages, Prue must find her feet and make friends in an unfamiliar world of musicians, aristocrats and witchy housekeepers - and fend off the advances of attractive, predatory Valdemar Mountjoy. Will Prue take fright, listen to her heart - or succumb to the temptations lurking on every side? Music, magic, mischief, and mayhem entangled with more than a hint of midsummer madness make for an enchanting, witty, and romantic listen. Escape into another world and delight in the lives of a host of fascinating characters. This is the England of Wodehouse and Downton Abbey, where wickedness and scandal lurk beneath the superb self-confidence of the upper classes.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-08-2019
Not entirely True to the Original
I enjoyed revisiting the Mountjoys in audio format, having read the books several years ago. For some unknown reason though, a rather significant event in this book has been altered from the original 1994 edition making subsequent happenings somewhat less easy to understand.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- alan riles
- 01-08-2022
Loved it! Contemporary Eliz Jane Howard.
Also shades of Downton Abbey, but racier! And unashamedly of the North.
Wicked wit, LoL at times and Downstairs more often than not prevails over Upstairs.
As previously observed with this author a list of characters would help, although I did eventually connect all the dots!
Enjoy, just lie back and think of England!
Moving on to Mountjoy no. 2
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