The Ghost and Lady Alice [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Marion Chesney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2003

Winner of the Romantic Times Award for Outstanding Regency Series Writer

Alice Lovesey and the long-deceased Eighth Duke of Haversham met quite accidentally one night as she gazed into his handsome portrait and called upon someone to save her from her miserable life as a servant in the home of the cruel Tenth Duke. Though unwilling at first, His Grace soon saw some promise in the chit.

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About the Author

Marion Chesney, the widely acclaimed author of historical romances, also writes the popular Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series under the name M. C. Beaton. This is the fourth book in her Edwardian murder mystery series. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between the English Cotswolds and Paris.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press; 1 edition (January 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786236701
• ISBN-13: 978-0786236701
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,940,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marion Chesney is known primarily for the more than 100 historical romance novels she has published under her own name and under several pseudonyms: Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, and Charlotte Ward. But M.C. Beaton is the pseudonym she reserves for her mystery novels.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ladies don't believe in ghosts. Do scullery maids?, October 10, 2000

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Ruth A. Caldwell "Highland Princess Mum" (Walnut Creek, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghost & Lady Alice (Mass Market Paperback)

Marion Chesney travels from her norm, to delight and entertain a rakish ghost! While he's enjoying being brought back from the dead, he promises to return the favor of scullery maid Alice, by helping her to become a lady of quality. Attempted murder, subsequent romance and outrageous humor abound!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charming; Unusual Ghostly Romance, April 13, 2005

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E. Lynch "romance book fanatic" (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ghost and Lady Alice (Hardcover)

There's no such thing as ghosts... are there? Poor abused scullery maid Alice makes a plea "I wish you were here now sir" to the portrait of the Eighth Duke of Haversham (Gervase) -and suddenly there he is! Surprised to be alive, he promises to meet Alice again later and begins his hedonistic after-life, stealing food, loving women (four a night!) and causing havoc in the Tenth Duke's home. He is an unusual ghost in that he eats, loves and can make solid objects pass through walls. But back to poor Alice! After almost being raped by the "Groom of the Chambers," she calls on the Duke again and he appears in time to save her. Then he whisks her off to a secret room where he comes up with the idea of making her into a lady. Dressing her, teaching her French to cover her accent and gathering buried jewels he remakes her into the Comtesse de la Valle-Chenevix. Alice is Cinderella to a specter "Godmother." She even gets to go to the ball - well a masquerade.

Gervase wants her off his hands and married. Acting as her Uncle, he sets her up in London with a companion who paves the way among the ton. Then back to his former estate to write his memoirs. But all is not ending happy for Alice. Her piteous call to him results in saving her from an unsavory fiancée. Then she is set up with a new companion and a new love interest quite different from the first ones. Is this the end? What of the love she still harbors for her handsome ghost? I shall leave you to read the ending for intrigue and trouble still follow our hapless heroine. And what is the story behind the strange new companion? Can a dead man love again?

Spellbinding story! This is worth reading because it is so unusual - and ends unusual also. Also, this novel is filled with just enough trauma and wonderful romance.

4.0 out of 5 stars So much fun!, October 14, 2003

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Maggie Morrison (Issaquah, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost & Lady Alice (Mass Market Paperback)

I simply loved this book and have read it several times. The author did a particulrly good job of making the 18th century ghost seem foriegn but attractive in Alice's 19th century world. I thought the ghost very charming and attractive as a hero.