Showing results for "Remarkable Women" in Historical

For heiress Cecilia Charity Thomas, marrying charming military lieutenant Viscount Gantry to save him from danger - and herself from mercenary suitors - was a painful mistake. Instead of a passionate life together, she's stranded at his chilly mansion with his unaccepting family. Worse, she finds he is actually a spy dedicated to duty over wedlock. So when she hears her sister has been driven to her death, Cecilia is determined to expose the powerful man responsible. Assisted by The Widow's Grace, she flees to Covent Garden with a new identity. But can she elude her formidable husband?

Surviving a shipwreck en route to London from Jamaica was just the start of Jemina St. Maur's nightmare. Suffering from amnesia, she was separated from anyone who might know her, and imprisoned in Bedlam. She was freed only because barrister Daniel Thackery, Lord Ashbrook, was convinced to betray the one thing he holds dear: the law. Desperate to unearth her true identity, Jemina's only chance is to purloin dangerous secrets with help from The Widow's Grace - which means staying steps ahead of the formidable Daniel, no matter how strongly she is drawn to him....

二十世纪一百年，女界涌现了许多天才，出类拔萃的女子身上多半具有相当的传奇性。秋瑾、宋美龄、林徽因、张爱玲、赛金花、小凤仙、阮玲玉、赵一曼……二十世紀一百年，女界湧現了許多天才，出類拔萃的女子身上多半具有相當的傳奇性。秋瑾、宋美齡、林徽因、張愛玲、賽金花、小鳳仙、阮玲玉、趙一曼……