Other editions of book The Making of a Marchioness and The Methods of Lady Waldenhurst

This two-part adult fairytale by the author of The Secret Garden combines a charming Cinderella tale with an ironic look at class structure and the Edwardian marriage market in turn-of-the-century London. Emily Fox-Seton is distantly related to aristocracy, but her income is poor, and she is struggling to make ends meet while maintaining respectability. When she is offered the chance to serve the aristocracy in their beautiful garden estates, she readily agrees. There, she is witness to the comic pageantry of the Marquis of Walderhurst being openly pursued by three eligible unmarried ladies: an heiress, a debutant and a widow. But to Emily’s surprise, it is she that receives his attentions. The Marquis is no fairy prince, but he just might be one for Emily. But will his heir accept her?

This two-part adult fairytale by the author of The Secret Garden combines a charming Cinderella tale with an ironic look at class structure and the Edwardian marriage market in turn-of-the-century London. Emily Fox-Seton is a simple but good-hearted woman struggling to make ends meet while maintaining the dignity of one distantly related to the aristocracy. The Marquis of Walderhurst is an awkward but eligible bachelor being comically pursued by a pageant of unmarried ladies. When the Marquis surprises everybody by giving his attentions to Emily, he makes himself a fairy tale prince in her eyes. But marrying her prince is not the end of Emily's troubles, as the forces of envy are more cunning and more dangerous than she can yet understand. Will Emily's innocence be her downfall after all?

This two-part adult fairytale by the author of The Secret Garden combines a charming Cinderella tale with an ironic look at class structure and the Edwardian marriage market in turn-of-the-century London. Emily Fox-Seton is a simple but good-hearted woman struggling to make ends meet while maintaining the dignity of one distantly related to the aristocracy. The Marquis of Walderhurst is an awkward but eligible bachelor being comically pursued by a pageant of unmarried ladies. When the Marquis surprises everybody by giving his attentions to Emily, he makes himself a fairy tale prince in her eyes. But marrying her prince is not the end of Emily's troubles, as the forces of envy are more cunning and more dangerous than she can yet understand. Will Emily's innocence be her downfall after all?