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The Servant by Maggie Richell-Davies
4.0
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The Servant - Maggie Richell-Davies
1765.
London. Hannah Hubert is sent to be maidservant to the house of a disgraced aristocrat, with a cruel mistress and a locked room with auctions being held behind closed doors. She has little power, but can read, unbeknownst to her employer and it is through this that she finds herself in great danger. Discovering damning evidence that she cannot ignore, she knows she has to act but at what price and can anyone help her?
I really loved this immersive historical mystery. It is quietly immersive, tense and gripping. I really connected with Hannah the main character, she is bright and kind and wants to do the right thing. I also loved quietly chippy Peg and Thomas reminded me a bit of Gabriel Oake in some ways. You get a real sense of time and place and the conditions of work of people at this time were frankly awful for some.
It’s full of suspense and would make a brilliant TV drama I think!
I definitely want to read more from this author!
The Servant - Maggie Richell-Davies
1765.
London. Hannah Hubert is sent to be maidservant to the house of a disgraced aristocrat, with a cruel mistress and a locked room with auctions being held behind closed doors. She has little power, but can read, unbeknownst to her employer and it is through this that she finds herself in great danger. Discovering damning evidence that she cannot ignore, she knows she has to act but at what price and can anyone help her?
I really loved this immersive historical mystery. It is quietly immersive, tense and gripping. I really connected with Hannah the main character, she is bright and kind and wants to do the right thing. I also loved quietly chippy Peg and Thomas reminded me a bit of Gabriel Oake in some ways. You get a real sense of time and place and the conditions of work of people at this time were frankly awful for some.
It’s full of suspense and would make a brilliant TV drama I think!
I definitely want to read more from this author!