The Milliner's Daughter
Catharine Dobbs
The murder of wealthy philanthropist Edward Squires, panics the East End of London.
The blame is pointed squarely at the milliner, Arthur Chapley. Forced to flee, he leaves his daughter Lizzie and her mother, alone and destitute, their fate in the hands of their ruthless landlord.
When tragedy returns, Lizzie finds work for a pittance at the Boot and Flogger public house. With the murderer still at large, and a stranger taking a peculiar interest in her, she must conquer her fears to survive.
She soon discovers who her loyal friends are.
A chance encounter with a charitable brother and sister changes the course of her life and gives Lizzie the hope she needs to face the challenges ahead.
With a burning secret in her heart, can Lizzie build a bridge between the two different worlds she now inhabits, or will she forever remain the despised daughter of a murderer…?
“The Milliner’s Daughter” and all Catharine Dobbs' novellas are wholesome Victorian Romances.
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