In a tradition which stretches from Daphne du Maurier's The King's General to Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl and Alison Weir's Innocent Traitor, this glorious historical novel is based on the life of the great seventeenth-century entomologist, Eleanor Glanville.
Fiona Mountain was a press officer at BBC Radio 1 for ten years. She is the author of three previous novels, but only returned to writing after the birth of her four children. She lives in the Cotswolds with them and her husband, a musician. She is already working on her next novel, based on the life of Charles I's queen, Henrietta Maria.
It is a rare talent in an author to be able to mix rigorous
historical research with the narrative energies and imagination of
a true novelist. Fiona Mountain brings all of these skills to her
entrancing Lady of the Butterflies. A vivid and fascinating novel
about an extraordinary woman, I was gripped from beginning to
end.
*Katie Hickman*
Fiona Mountain is a major new talent in the field of historical
fiction. This is history told with integrity, with an authentic
feel for the period and vividly rounded characters. All the colours
and textures of the seventeenth century are eloquently realised
here, in wonderful detail, and against this backdrop is set a
haunting and tragic narrative. I have come away from this book
having learned much about Lady Eleanor Glanville, and butterflies,
in the most entertaining way possible. I eagerly await Fiona
Mountain`s next book
*Alison Weir*
A fascinating story ... richly and brilliantly detailed and full of
love
*Elizabeth Buchan*
My heart ached as I read this book because I knew at some point I
would have to finish it. From the very first sentence I was caught
by this wonderful and enchanting story, with a heroine you fall
totally in love with and a world that I wish I could live in
myself. It is as bewitching and wondrous as butterflies themselves
and will be treasured as a read I will never forget.
*Emilia Fox*
Lady of the Butterflies is an enjoyable, dramatic and intriguing
tale that I found almost impossible to put down. It has a wonderful
sense of period and well-observed, compelling characters who I
really cared about. Love and passion, in their many forms, are at
its heart and as an actress I was particularly drawn to Eleanor
Glanville, a strong and emotional woman whose many joys and
hardships I fully shared
*Thelma Barlow*
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