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Wild Grapes — Elizabeth Aston
A comedy of manners, mayhem and mistaken identity.
American Gina Heartwell is happily settled amid the dreaming spires of Oxford, and longs to remain there. Unfortunately, her visa has long expired, and snooping Mr Popplewell from the Home Office is on her tail.
Enter Georgie Hartwell, scheming heiress and unscrupulous journalist with a yen for the lights of New York. In short order, Gina finds herself with a stranger's identity and an invitation to stay with some aristocratic cousins in the West Country. The odious Popplewell still on her tail, Gina is left with no choice but to play along. Very soon she finds herself ensconced in mediaeval Heartsease House, among the magnificent, eccentric Cordovan family.
Entranced by her surroundings, lost among the deep leafy lanes of the West Country, Gina finds herself strangely at home. But the Cordovans are a family of bizarre habits, questionable morals and more than a few odd schemes of their own. Her problems have only just begun…
Elizabeth Aston (1948-2016) was an author of romantic comedies and detective novels, best known for Mr Darcy's Daughters and the Selchester series. Wild Grapes was originally published under the pseudonym Gally Marchmont, and has been re-released on her anniversary.
American Gina Heartwell is happily settled amid the dreaming spires of Oxford, and longs to remain there. Unfortunately, her visa has long expired, and snooping Mr Popplewell from the Home Office is on her tail.
Enter Georgie Hartwell, scheming heiress and unscrupulous journalist with a yen for the lights of New York. In short order, Gina finds herself with a stranger's identity and an invitation to stay with some aristocratic cousins in the West Country. The odious Popplewell still on her tail, Gina is left with no choice but to play along. Very soon she finds herself ensconced in mediaeval Heartsease House, among the magnificent, eccentric Cordovan family.
Entranced by her surroundings, lost among the deep leafy lanes of the West Country, Gina finds herself strangely at home. But the Cordovans are a family of bizarre habits, questionable morals and more than a few odd schemes of their own. Her problems have only just begun…
Elizabeth Aston (1948-2016) was an author of romantic comedies and detective novels, best known for Mr Darcy's Daughters and the Selchester series. Wild Grapes was originally published under the pseudonym Gally Marchmont, and has been re-released on her anniversary.
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