Her beautiful sister, Tamsin, is four years the elder and her mother's ambitions lie in Tamsin's future and in her own success, both on the stage and off.Ī shadow over their childhood at Place House, the family home of their uncle, is the bulky presence of Slade, the butler, an ominous man who has access to cellars not accessible to all.
One side of her face marred at birth, Emma grows up without affection, her elegant mother on the stage, her father killed in a duel before she was born. he introduces us to a wealth of memorable characters as Emma Spry tells her fascinating story. The Napoleonic Wars have ended, the age of steam has dawned. In The Ugly Sister, Winston Graham returns to Cornwall, home to his classic Poldark series.
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