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Poor Relation · Book 1

Lady Fortescue Steps Out

by M. C. Beaton
Published
1 January 1993
Pages
152
ISBN-13
9780312082314
Type
novel
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Cover of Lady Fortescue Steps Out

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.

Key facts about Lady Fortescue Steps Out

Lady Fortescue Steps Out is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 1993. It runs to 152 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Lady Fortescue Steps Out. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312082314 to find the main one.

Lady Fortescue Steps Out is book 1 of 6 in the Poor Relation series. The series has 6 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, Hamish Macbeth and A House for the Season, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.

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…

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