The Six Sisters · Book 4

Daphne

by M. C. Beaton

Published
1 January 1984
Pages
271
ISBN-13
9780312182212
Type
novel

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Cover of Daphne

About this book

Published later in 1984, Daphne carries the Armitage family's genteel poverty and their mother's matchmaking further into the series, giving the fourth sister her own courtship complicated by gossip and pride before its resolution. It sits between Deirdre and Desire and Diana the Huntress, and at 271 pages is one of the longer entries.

Its place in The Six Sisters

Daphne is book 4 in the The Six Sisters series. It follows Deirdre and Desire. It is followed by Diana the Huntress. See the full The Six Sisters reading order.

The Six Sisters follows the daughters of the impoverished Armitage family of Hopeworth -- Minerva, Annabelle, Deirdre, Daphne, Diana and Frederica -- as their formidable mother maneuvers each one, in turn, toward a well-married future despite the family's chronic lack of money. Beginning with Minerva , in which the eldest sister catches the eye of a marquess while quietly managing her chaotic household, each novel gives one sister her own Regency romance: a mismatched courtship, a misunderstanding rooted in pride…

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