Works by Lucy C. Lillie
- Written by Lucy C. Lillie
Published August, 1889
A penniless girl of eighteen stands to marry one of the wealthiest men in the Department, yet the celebration feels more like a cold business transaction than a romance. Berthe must bind herself to a man whose own mother admits he lacks the wit to manage his affairs. One wonders if she is a lucky winner or a clever architect of her own gilded cage.
- Written by Lucy C. Lillie
Published September, 1888
She was the “Flower of England,” possessing a man’s brain and a child’s heart. When Princess Victoria married “Unser Fritz” after a romance blooming over white heather at Balmoral, she expected a partnership of minds. Instead, she encountered the chilling formalities of a Prussian court that resented her English liberalism and mocked her intellectual soirées. Now, standing in widow’s weeds after a tragically brief reign, the Empress Dowager faces a new, harsh reality. Here is the portrait of a brilliant woman who found the Imperial diadem to be, quite literally, a crown of thorns.
- Written by Lucy C. Lillie
Published April, 1888
Louisa May Alcott is far more than the Jo March we adore; she is a woman who marched into the very mouth of the Civil War, wrote sensation fiction for pennies, and vowed never to be discouraged while others needed her work. From the careworn poverty of a four-roomed Concord cottage to an unparalleled success, she faced every trial with a grit that refused to break. Read on to discover the fierce humanity that fueled her journey from an unknown girl to a queenly literary icon.
- Written by Lucy C. Lillie
Published July, 1886
It began as a delicate social dilemma: Philip Darrell refused to explain his two-week delay in marrying the charming Miss Follette. To distract her eccentric uncle, Mr. Wetherbee, we threw ourselves into private theatricals, filling his Lenox mansion with costumes and laughter. But just as the curtain rose, our host vanished into the night. It took a return visit to the empty house years later to uncover the old man’s secret – a masquerade far more elaborate, and perhaps more touching, than the comedy we performed on his stage.
- Written by Lucy C. Lillie
Published June, 1886
It began as a lark during a driving tour of the Berkshires. Latimer, in his usual spirited fashion, invented a name – Mr. Joseph Wetherbee – and began inquiring after him simply to puzzle the locals. The jest takes a sharp turn, however, when a horseman announces that Mr. Wetherbee is not only real but expecting them. Ushered into a stranger’s home and mistaken for emissaries of a friend’s romance, Morris must navigate a delicate comedy of errors. With the help of the lovely Nora Carew, they must maintain a precarious deception to save a young couple’s future.
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