Highland Pursuits
- Emmanuelle de Maupassant
- Apr 10, 2017
- 1 min read
I first read a version of Highland Pursuits in a charity anthology, Because Beards. I say 'a version' because if you also read that one and enjoyed it, you will enjoy this version as if reading it anew. It has had characters added and been developed and lengthened to give a much fuller, more detailed account of Lady Ophelia Finchingfield's time spent at her mother's ancestral home and her meetings and lust for Hamish.
This book is described as a comedy of manners and romance and there are certainly moments of tongue in cheek humour and hilarity. There is amusement in the character names alone – Lord and Lady Fawcett-Plumbly, not to mention Ophelia's dog, Pudding. The story is set in affluent London in 1928 when Lady Ophelia Finchingfield, in her debutante summer, rather rebels at a marriage proposal from the very acceptable but undesirable Percival Huntley-Withington – it must have been something to do with his overly lubricated kisses! Lady Ophelia's mother sends her to Scotland as a punishment but this slightly backfires when Ophelia has a whale of a time.
Emmanuelle de Maupassant writes confidently with emotion and depth. Her characters come to life on the page and I could almost visualise this set as a west-end farce on stage. Her books are well written and edited, and I would have no hesitation in picking up any book by Emmanuelle de Maupassant knowing I will thoroughly enjoy it.
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33227868-highland-pursuits