I have finished another book. I started it before my trip to Ohio, and I took it with me. Although I didn't read much during my time there, I nearly finished it during the LONG layover on my journey back to Mexico.
The title of the novel is "Belgravia", which is the name of one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in London. Much of the story takes place there. It was written by Julian Fellowes, the creator of the successful TV series "Downton Abbey". The book is quite similar to "Downton Abbey" except that it takes place a couple of generations earlier during the early Victorian era. It is a portrayal of British society at that time, with the snobbish aristocracy, the social-climbing middle class, and their servants. As with "Downton Abbey", the novel is a soap opera, but a well-written and historically researched soap opera.
The novel opens on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. Edmund Bellasis, the heir to one of Britain's wealthiest and most aristocratic families, marries (beneath his social position) the beautiful Sophia Trenchard, daughter of a prominent merchant. Edmund dies in the battle, and Sophia is pregnant. But were they truly married, or was the ceremony simply a ruse to seduce Sophia?
Twenty five years later, is the child of that relationship illegitimate or the heir to a fortune?
If you liked "Downton Abbey", you would probably enjoy this story full of plot twists, treachery and scandal.
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