The Six Sisters · Book 1
Minerva
- Published
- 1 January 1983
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN-13
- 9780745101408
- Type
- novel
About this book
Minerva opens The Six Sisters in 1983, introducing the eldest Armitage daughter as she catches a marquess's eye while quietly holding her chaotic, genteel-poor household together. Written under M. C. Beaton's Marion Chesney name, it sets the pattern the other five novels follow: a Regency courtship complicated by pride and gossip, resolved only once the sister in question stops performing what's expected of her. At 336 pages, it's the longest entry in the series.
Its place in The Six Sisters
Minerva is book 1 in the The Six Sisters series. It is followed by The Taming of Annabelle. 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…
Editions
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