Born into a happy family that is tragically ravaged by smallpox, Miss Priscilla Butterworth uses her wits to survive a series of outlandish trials. Cruelly separated from her beloved mother and grandmother, the young girl is sent to live with a callous aunt who forces her to work for her keep. Eventually, the clever and tenderhearted Miss Butterworth makes her escape . . . a daring journey into the unknown that unexpectedly leads her to the “mad” baron and a lifetime of love.
I wanted to like this more than I did.
Some of it was totally disturbing - like someone getting pecked to death by pigeons, or impaled on a poker and then struck by lightning (because poker as lighting rod, of course).
Parts were pretty predictable - like her being the girl that the baron's Gramps saved from being impaled by a boar, and that boar then gores Grandpa who then dies from his wounds. (Of course, he wouldn't have been impaled if he wasn't so over-confident in his ability to handle the situation.) Like the cousin being a Bond villain.
The only thing that saved it for me was that it's supposed to be a gothic novel from the Regency period, so these shortfall are forgivable.
3 out of 5 stars
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