A Quiet Adjustment

Benjamin Markovits author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:25th Dec '08

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A Quiet Adjustment by Benjamin Markovits is a heart-rending novel of the infamous literary ménageà trois between Byron, his wife - and his sister.

Nineteen-year -old Annabella Milbanke, visiting London for the swirl of parties and engagements of the season, is introduced to Byron at a waltz. Caught up in a potentially scandalous love triangle, Annabella must decide whether following her heart is the most dangerous thing she has ever done .Nineteen-year -old Annabella Milbanke, visiting London for the swirl of parties and engagements of the season, is introduced to Byron at a waltz. He has just published Childe Harold, and is surrounded by a crowd of admirers, one of whom is his half-sister Augusta Leigh. Annabella and Byron fall in love, but Augusta's unwelcome presence in their relationship becomes increasingly unbearable. Caught up in a potentially scandalous love triangle, Annabella must decide whether following her heart is the most dangerous thing she has ever done . . .

ISBN: 9780571233359

Dimensions: 198mm x 126mm x 21mm

Weight: 268g

336 pages

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