{"product_id":"cordelia-9781447256557","title":"Cordelia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Winston Graham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManchester, 1867. Widowed in mysterious circumstances and compelled to marry again by his domineering father Frederick, Brook Ferguson selects as his new bride the beautiful, strong-willed Cordelia. But after she comes to live with Brook and Frederick, as well as their household of eccentric family members, it isn't long before Cordelia is locked in a quiet war of dominance with the elder Ferguson. In the stifling atmosphere of the Ferguson's manor house, petty arguments escalate and any small defiance becomes a grand betrayal, until the tension forces Cordelia out into the world in search of something more. \u003cbr\u003eWhich is just when theatre-owner Stephen Crossley, with his quick wit and easy smile, strolls into her life - and Cordelia is forced to make the hardest decision of all: Loyalty... or love? \u003cbr\u003eA passionate romance, shot through with dark humour and melancholy, \u003ci\u003eCordelia\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern classic of the Gothic genre from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMarnie\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e'Excellent' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Cordelia has the virtues of readability, of convincing motive and emotion and of vivid background . . . all the excellent Victorian ingredients - guilty love, surrender, pathos and comedy. It is enthralling from start to finish, a beguiling journey backwards in time.' \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890808373399,"sku":"9781447256557","price":1902.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781447256557.webp?v=1781181423","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cordelia-9781447256557","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}