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A review by english_lady03
The Nature of a Lady by Roseanna M. White
5.0
Mystery, a treasure hunt, love, and family all feature in the first book of Roseanna M. White new series, set on the Isles of Scilly. A small archipelago of islands some 20 miles off the coast of Cornwall.
Libby Sinclair is an unconventional Earl's daughter who is more interested in science and the natural world than marriage and the London Season. She is, what we would probably call a nerd today. Oliver Tremayne is a vicar and nobleman's son who is mourning the loss of his older brother to a rare mitochondrial disease when he finds out his sister, Beth, is missing after a visit to a small cottage on one of the islands.
The Nature of a Lady is about their story, but also provides a cast of fascinating and memorable characters set in a part of Britain that rarely features in novels. The Scilly Isles are in the Atlantic and home to many rare varieties of plant and animal life which would be a treasure trove for any naturalist, a branch of science which was still in its early days in 1906.
As the plot thickens and comes to involve pirate treasure, as well as some unscrupulous individuals who are willing to kill to obtain their goals and Oliver's grandmother, a lady of faith who seems to have rare insights into people and nature. Both characters develop and take their own journeys, with Libby learning to love the rare landscape and culture of the islands.
Recommended to all lovers of historical fiction and Edwardian Fiction.
Thanks to the publisher for my ARC. I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions expressed are my own.
Libby Sinclair is an unconventional Earl's daughter who is more interested in science and the natural world than marriage and the London Season. She is, what we would probably call a nerd today. Oliver Tremayne is a vicar and nobleman's son who is mourning the loss of his older brother to a rare mitochondrial disease when he finds out his sister, Beth, is missing after a visit to a small cottage on one of the islands.
The Nature of a Lady is about their story, but also provides a cast of fascinating and memorable characters set in a part of Britain that rarely features in novels. The Scilly Isles are in the Atlantic and home to many rare varieties of plant and animal life which would be a treasure trove for any naturalist, a branch of science which was still in its early days in 1906.
As the plot thickens and comes to involve pirate treasure, as well as some unscrupulous individuals who are willing to kill to obtain their goals and Oliver's grandmother, a lady of faith who seems to have rare insights into people and nature. Both characters develop and take their own journeys, with Libby learning to love the rare landscape and culture of the islands.
Recommended to all lovers of historical fiction and Edwardian Fiction.
Thanks to the publisher for my ARC. I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions expressed are my own.