Review: A Beautiful Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2013
This novel is about the love between Anna Lady Maitcliffe, an orphan of noble blood given as Ward to Lord Gantry, and Lord Gantry's son, the dashing, young Morton.  The story takes place against the backdrop of civil war, as the Loyalists fight for the crown, and the Parliamentary forces seek to overthrow the crown.  The young lovers are torn apart when Morton defies his father who supports the crown, and joins the opposition.  His enraged father tries to kill him, and ends up disinheriting Morton and driving him away.  Sure that Morton is in love with another woman, suffering a span of three years without word from him, and feeling pressured to accept a man she does not love, Anna turns to Morton's widowed father, Lord Gantry, is at least, a bearable substitute for the love that she can never have. But what Anna does not know is that Morton desperately loves her, and that his father has schemed and lied to keep them apart.I very much enjoyed this novel, and learned a great deal about that period in England's history, being myself totally ignorant of it.  Morton's character was perfect, and I liked that he was steadfast in his affections and never waivered.  Anna began as a naive, immature, and somewhat fickle character, but she grew into the woman she needed to be as a result of all that life brought her way. I loved the ending.  I recommend this novel, and I will definitely read other works by this author.