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Patteran trilogy #2
Blanche
Blanche Greypaull is a wild, independent beauty, her hopes high as she sets out for London. Leaving behind her the years of poverty in Taunton's slums and her unhappy childhood, she seeks her fortune, determined to find a wealthy husband. The author also wrote Larksleve and Bye Bye, Blackbird .
384 pages, Hardcover
First published April 10, 1986
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September 22, 2015
This is the second in the trilogy with Larksleve as th efirst part.
Blanch is the fourth child of seven in a family in hard times due to her father Phillip putting the family farm up to back a friend who ducks away to Australia and Phillip loses his farm.
She goes to London with her sister to work as a scullery maid she lasts three weeks, pretty much and while snoozing in a tavern she gets sketched by a drunkard, Jewish painter of dubious orientation and gains steady employment as a model.
But its not just Blanche, oh dear me no. She has the hardest mother and older sisters in the world and every one has a story in the book.
Its a great read, nothing goes according to plan, so that makes it interesting but its the authenticity of the settings that I was most impressed by.
To be honest I simply couldn't put it down. I am looking for and would read anymore of her books that I could find . This one is set 1881 to 1895 and if, like me, you are a fan of historical Novels by which I mean one that is not just set in a period but which brings it to life you will really enjoy reading Patricia Wendorf's novels.
Blanch is the fourth child of seven in a family in hard times due to her father Phillip putting the family farm up to back a friend who ducks away to Australia and Phillip loses his farm.
She goes to London with her sister to work as a scullery maid she lasts three weeks, pretty much and while snoozing in a tavern she gets sketched by a drunkard, Jewish painter of dubious orientation and gains steady employment as a model.
But its not just Blanche, oh dear me no. She has the hardest mother and older sisters in the world and every one has a story in the book.
Its a great read, nothing goes according to plan, so that makes it interesting but its the authenticity of the settings that I was most impressed by.
To be honest I simply couldn't put it down. I am looking for and would read anymore of her books that I could find . This one is set 1881 to 1895 and if, like me, you are a fan of historical Novels by which I mean one that is not just set in a period but which brings it to life you will really enjoy reading Patricia Wendorf's novels.
October 14, 2023
I didn't like this one quite as much as Larksleve. I guess I'm a bit more of a country girl and love all those old country ways. Its a good story though through the ups and downs of family lives and loves looking forward to the final chapter.
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