num_pages: 512
description: 1870 - High Victorian Age; Franco-Prussian WarGeorge inherits Morland Place just before his majority, and though he believes himself more than equal to the challenge, he falls victim to the penniless but determined Miss Turlingham. He marries her against advice, and embarks on a spending spree the estate cannot afford to satisfy his new bride. In London, Charlotte's daughter Venetia, inspired by what she witnessed in Berlin during the Franco-Prussian war, is determined to become a doctor. But society is not ready to let women join the profession, and her struggle seems doomed to failure.
language: English
title: The Mirage
titlecomplete: The Mirage (Morland Dynasty, #22)
genres: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical
ratings_count: 301
series: Morland Dynasty
publisher: Little Brown and Company