A Lady in Berkshire — Mary Ann Gibbs

England: 1879: A "black sheep" reappears, to throw a staid family and a vigorously independent woman into lively confusion.

A VICTORIAN DILEMMA

Kitty Courtenay was preparing for marriage to a man she disliked, for the sake of her family...

Edward Rackby's wife and children lived in fear of his tyranny...

Then Edward's scapegrace brother William returned after years in Australia--and Kitty and the Rackbys found their lives changed with breathtaking speed. Yet William's stay was limited--for he had a mysterious appointment with a "lady in Berkshire."

The "lady's" identity--and William's--are the surprising key to this delightful tale of romance and family life in Victorian England.