Revenge is sweet - bitter sweet. When Lady Lyndon-Fury snubs Daily O'Lindon on the station platform one soft day in 1885 she has no idea of the whirlwind she is sowing. For Daisy, bent on a minor revenge, becomes embroiled in a tit-for-tat that ends in the destruction of one family and a bitter-sweet triumph for another.
When this book was published by St Martin's Press in New York and Headline in London in 1990, it attracted the following notices:
* This novel features another of Macdonald's vigorous, sensible, and ambitious heroines of the middle class. ... Beautifully written, this is Macdonald's best effort yet - Cynthia Ogorek, US Booklist
* Macdonald's characters fail to become credible, their actions are inconsistent and often unappealing ... and the prose is perfunctory - Publishers Weekly
* Set in late 19th-century Ireland, this delightful novel is full of the warmth, humour, and passion of the Irish. - TV Guide
* A compelling story ... Daisy, a strong woman, beautiful and clever, unwittingly creates her own particular hell. How exactly this comes about is not revealed until the very last page. - South Hants Gazette
* With generally agreeable, chatty characters, a slow-moving but - like some of Macdonald's others - restfully gossipy novel - Kirkus
And - of Macdonald himself:
*He is every bit as bad as Dickens - Martin Seymour-Smith
Genre: Historical
When this book was published by St Martin's Press in New York and Headline in London in 1990, it attracted the following notices:
* This novel features another of Macdonald's vigorous, sensible, and ambitious heroines of the middle class. ... Beautifully written, this is Macdonald's best effort yet - Cynthia Ogorek, US Booklist
* Macdonald's characters fail to become credible, their actions are inconsistent and often unappealing ... and the prose is perfunctory - Publishers Weekly
* Set in late 19th-century Ireland, this delightful novel is full of the warmth, humour, and passion of the Irish. - TV Guide
* A compelling story ... Daisy, a strong woman, beautiful and clever, unwittingly creates her own particular hell. How exactly this comes about is not revealed until the very last page. - South Hants Gazette
* With generally agreeable, chatty characters, a slow-moving but - like some of Macdonald's others - restfully gossipy novel - Kirkus
And - of Macdonald himself:
*He is every bit as bad as Dickens - Martin Seymour-Smith
Genre: Historical
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