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Colonel Brandon's Diary

By Amanda Grange

ISBN: 9780709094746
PUBLISHED: 31/10/2011
PAGES: 256
BINDING: Paperback
SIZE: 198x129 mm
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At the age of eighteen, James Brandon's life is set fair. He is in love with his father’s ward, Eliza, and he is looking forward to a lifetime of happiness with her. But his world is shattered when Eliza is forced to marry his brother and James joins the army in despair.

Returning to England, Brandon finds Eliza in a debtor's prison where she has found herself after her divorce and subsequent destitution. He rescues her from her terrible position, but she is dying of consumption and he can do nothing but watch and wait. Heartbroken at her death, he takes some consolation from her illegitimate daughter, whom he raises as his ward. But at the age of fifteen, the young Eliza goes missing...

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