"Just as a pretty parlour maid may be considered a perquisite by the master of the house, so some of our ladies are not immune to the charms of a handsome footman."
A glorious novel full of complex and beguiling characters. It is a tale of ambition, unexpected passion and the frailty of human nature.
Nineteen year old Max is the duchess de Claireville's second footman, but he doesn't intend to endure the indignities of service for long. He has a plan - to find an aristocratic patron to become his unwitting accomplice in an audacious fraud.
Packed with rich period detail, the lavish 19th century French setting reflects the grand but suffocating restrictions of aristocratic society - contrasting the lives of the rich and of those who must serve them.
Recommended by the Historical Novel Society, this book is the first in a trilogy.
ISBN: 978 1780883656
Publisher: Matador
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