by ElizabethVonArnim (Author)
Ingeborg Bullivant, the put-upon daughter of the Bishop of Redchester, suddenly becomes possessed by the demon Rebellion and takes a week's tour to Lucerne. Constantly in the company of a ponderous German pastor, she is put into a quandary when he proposes marriage. Faced with her father's wrath on her return, however, Ingeborg accepts her Herr Dremmel with simple relief.
But the role of a pastor's wife in East Prussia is not as Ingeborg had imagined, for she has merely exchanged one set of rules for another ...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 500
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Published: 02 Feb 2006
ISBN 10: 1844082806
ISBN 13: 9781844082803
Book Overview: *A novel sparkling with von Arnim's characteristic wit and irony *With an afterword by Lisa St Aubin de Teran *With an Afterword by Lisa St Aubin de Teran