A Desperate Remedy

"This enchanting story of love, danger and intrigue will delight Elizabeth Hawksley's legion of readers." BOOKLIST When Miss Decima Wells sets out in May 1836 to see the astonishing sight of four giraffes walking from London Docks to the newly created Zoological Gardens, she has no idea that her expedition will have such dangerous and far-reaching consequences. Nor does Alexander Peverell, also there to see the spectacle. Newly returned from India, where he has made his fortune, he is concerned only with his father's failing health and his brother Hugh's activities. Matters are not helped by Decima's father, who seeks to entrap Alexander as a husband for his daughter...


Genre: Historical