"Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles" explores the strength of will across three generations of the Halliburton family, facing challenges like debt, seduction, and deception. The widowed Mrs. Halliburton embodies religiosity and righteousness, guiding her children to success, contrasting with the scandal-ridden Dares.
Ellen Wood Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
The beautiful Lady Carlyle leaves her lawyer husband and children to elope with an aristocrat. When she has born him an illegitimate child and he deserts her, she disguises herself as a governess. Her former husband and his new wife then employ her. This in no way can be a good situation.