August 1914. Michael Clifton is mapping the land he has just purchased in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, certain that oil lies beneath its surface. But as the young cartographer prepares to return home to Boston, war is...
Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character)
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Author:Winspear, JacquelineSummary: -
Author:WINSPEAR, JacquelineSummary:Lady Rowan Compton first met Maisie when, at thirteen, she went into service as a maid at her ladyship's Belgravia mansion. A suffragette, Lady Rowan took the remarkably smart youngster under her wing and became her patron. She...
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Author:Winspear, JacquelineSummary:Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, Masie Dobbs will monitor any activities "not in the interests of His Majesty's government." When the college's pacifist founder is murdered, Maisie finds herself in...
