New Women of Mayfair
New Women of Mayfair Series: three late-Victorian heroines who aren't prepared to accept late Victorian society on its own terms.
Eleanor's Gamble
Mayfair, 16 May 1897
Eleanor Booth has three problems.
The first is that she needs a million pounds and has precisely fourteen days to convince London’s stuffiest bankers to hand it over.
The second is that she sent an extremely embarrassing love letter to a future earl when she was sixteen.
The third is that she can't get into said Earl’s mother’s house.
Find out more about Eleanor's Gamble.
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Two more exciting companion novels from the same era: Georgia's Lesson and Isabella's Mission.
Georgia's Lesson
She’s fighting for the working class. He’s inheriting the establishment.
All they share is a ruthless enemy—they just don’t know it yet.
Isabella's Mission
Isabella Thorpe enjoys fixing everybody’s problems except her own. But when she arrives in Mayfair to sort out the Braithwaite family, it is Isabella who finds herself in the biggest trouble of all.
Historical context, influences & guide to locations
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Historical Context - Learn more about this exciting and unsettling time of change.
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Influences & Research Notes - Take a look at some of the books I used for my research and get some ideas for further reading.
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Places, People & Peculiarities - Explore the world's of all three novels in more detail.
