"Alice in Exile" is Piers Paul Read's triumphant return to the fiction for which he is widely praised: romantic, dramatic, and rich with detail. It features Alice Fry--an independent woman in a world ruled by men--and the two men who love her. It is 1913 when Alice meets Edward Cobb, the eligible son of a baronet. When Alice's father, a radical publisher, gets involved in a scandal, Edward breaks off their engagement, unaware that Alice is expecting his child. Desperate, she travels to Russia to serve as a governess for ...
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"Alice in Exile" is Piers Paul Read's triumphant return to the fiction for which he is widely praised: romantic, dramatic, and rich with detail. It features Alice Fry--an independent woman in a world ruled by men--and the two men who love her. It is 1913 when Alice meets Edward Cobb, the eligible son of a baronet. When Alice's father, a radical publisher, gets involved in a scandal, Edward breaks off their engagement, unaware that Alice is expecting his child. Desperate, she travels to Russia to serve as a governess for charming Baron Rettenberg, as the Russian Revolution and World War I rage on.
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Add this copy of Alice in Exile: a Novel to cart. $15.91, new condition, Sold by EB-Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockford, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by St. Martin's Griffin.
Add this copy of Alice in Exile: a Novel to cart. $25.88, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by St. Martin's Griffin.
If you ever wanted to know what it was like to be socially exiled out of polite London society back in 1913, Piers Paul Read's book "Alice in Exile" will fill you in well. Alice is a likeable, imperfect character -- the best kind. And her life story is dramatic -- also the best kind. You will be rooting for Alice and her child to come out on top and she does not disappoint.
