Godmersham Park
Editorial RANDOM HOUSE UK
Mainland Spain
- Publisher RANDOM HOUSE UK
- ISBN13 9781529125894
- ISBN10 1529125898
- Type Book
- Pages 432
- Published 2022
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Sections
English LiteratureGodmersham Park
Editorial RANDOM HOUSE UK
Mainland Spain
Book Details
January 1804: Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess.
At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. But her mother has died and she desperately needs an independent income if she is to survive.
For her new charge, twelve-year-old Fanny Austen, Anne's arrival is all novelty and excitement.
But Anne is keenly aware that her new role is an awkward one: she is neither one of the servants nor one of the family, and to balance a position between the 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' members of the household is a diplomatic chess game. One wrong move may result in her instant dismissal.
She has just begun to settle into her position when dashing Henry Austen and his younger sister Jane come to stay.
Both take an immediate interest in the pretty, clever governess who quickly becomes drawn into the above stairs life of the Austen family.
Despite her best endeavours, Anne finds that she is beginning to fall in love. But has her survival at Godmersham Park just become a good deal more precarious?