Title: The man in grey
First published: 1972
Description: **In fact and name, a *Regency romance*, and a most accomplished piece of story telling, with color, passion and high drama.** From the gay, gaudy, glamorous world of Whig fashionables, a descendant unearths the story of Clarissa -- Lady Rohan -- who epitomized all the charm of a gracious era and became a legend of the times.

***Beautiful, affectionate and generous, her innocence made her unequal foil to Hesther***, her closest friend and nemesis, who bore her some love but greater hate. At 17, Clarissa is **married to the dour Lord Rohan, the 'man in gray'**, who finds her youth and beauty tedious and whose indifference is pierced only when Hesther becomes the children's governess and he falls in love with her. Almost simultaneously, Clarissa finds -- and loses -- her first real love; and **Hesther stoops to murder. Dramatic entertainment and good!*--KIRKUS***
Subjects: Eleanor Smith, Lady Eleanor Smith, Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith, Regency, Gothic, Romance, Fiction, Modern, Literature, Book, Story, Hardcover, Paperback, e-book, Passion, Drama, Murderous, Backstabbing, Friendship, Cheating, Husband
Time periods: 19th Century