Francine

Francine #1

by Alicia Cameron

In Edwardian London, a lady's maid is thrown out into the cold. But despair is not on Francine's agenda and we meet a young girl of remarkable resilience.
PLEASE Francine is a kindle short story

25 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2016

About the author

Alicia Cameron is a crime writer with another indulgence - I have always enjoyed the work of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, loving the Regency period and the romance, but especially the wit of the authors.

My interest in crime probably started with the awful kleptomania of my family, stealing these books from each others shelves.

I'm not to be confused with the other Alicia Cameron. My Regency romances have very little raunch and a great deal of silliness.

Reviews

[carole dempsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

First class!

This is the second story by this author that I have read this week, and once again it is written with warmth and humour. You can not help but love and cheer the characters created. I can't wait for the next offering. I will be watching!! Xx

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another TRULY unique offering by Alicia Cameron. A peek into the sordid and often cruel behavior of some of the upper crust men of the Regency era and the helplessness of many of the women. However, here we meet Francine who is a young woman of wisdom and courage and not a little daring...relentlessly making a difference in her own life and also in the lives of those browbeaten women who have been fortunate enough to cross her path! Short but Totally Intriguing with incredibly good narration if you enjoy audiobooks.

[Malou]

2/5 Novella; Kein romance; schlechte naratorin (Verona westbrook mit immer gleiche selber satzmelodie, Text kaum verstanden); Heldin, Dienstbotin mit tragic bacstory, gründet (glaube ich) Detektei zur due-diligence von künftige Ehemänner? banalisierte ww mit 10 (!) gehört; 30 min Hörbuch für 3,99 auf Tablett

[Shobhana Stoyanov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, I enjoyed this story.

[Kathy Houser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good intro...

Whets the appetite....glad I already have the sequel! Can't wait to get into it.....love Alicia Cameron's entertaining stories and books!

[Helen Shipley · Rating 4 out of 5]

My only disappointment is the story finishing too soon.

Francine is fascinating, inspiring and admirable. There must have been many women with her potential, probably thousands, if not millions. Some like her managed to climb out of the circumstances of their birth. If they had not, things would be very different.

It's a shame so many others could not climb, or scramble, or even crawl, out of those restrictions and confinements that male led society dictated. It's downright cruel that it took the horror that was WWI, to bring about political an social freedom but at least some good did come of it. There were big steps backwards of course, but the steps forward added up so that we, in the U.K. and elsewhere have freedoms and choices denied our ancestresses. We're not equal yet and the fight goes on but we are further forward. The tragedy is that too often we don't appreciate what we can achieve.

Enough. Francine 1 is a delight. I've read it twice now and am going to read Francine 2 again, next. To read once more, the adventures of the intriguing Mamselle Mathilde.