Poor Relation · Book 1
Lady Fortescue Steps Out
- Published
- 1 January 1993
- Pages
- 152
- ISBN-13
- 9780312082314
- Type
- novel
About this book
Lady Fortescue Steps Out, published in 1993 at 152 pages, opens M. C. Beaton's Poor Relation series (written under the Marion Chesney byline), introducing the six down-on-their-luck aristocrats who pool their remaining resources to open a Bond Street hotel rather than face the poorhouse. It's followed by Miss Tonks Turns to Crime, continuing the ensemble structure in which the romantic spotlight shifts to a different member of the genteel-poor household each time.
Its place in Poor Relation
Lady Fortescue Steps Out is book 1 in the Poor Relation series. It is followed by Miss Tonks Turns to Crime. See the full Poor Relation reading order.
Six down-on-their-luck aristocrats -- the widowed Lady Fortescue, spinster Miss Tonks, the flighty Mrs. Budley, dissolute old soldier Colonel Sandhurst, ex-army Sir Philip Sommerville and hard-up gentleman Mr. Davy -- pool what little they have left to open a fashionable hotel in Bond Street, staffing and running it themselves rather than face the poorhouse or a humiliating dependence on relatives. Beginning with Lady Fortescue Steps Out , each of the six novels centers on one member of the makeshift household…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312082314