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A young woman faces men who mean her harm—and secrets that make survival a dangerous struggle.
In Saved from Herself, Adelaide Stirling places a young woman at the heart of a Victorian thriller filled with danger and hidden pasts. Her fight is for survival. The threat comes from men who mean her harm, while secrets give the reader reasons to question what lies beneath the surface.
The story brings together mystery, crime and romance within the Victorian tradition of popular suspense. Its appeal lies in peril, uncertainty and a heroine who must rely on her wits. For readers who like to guess, the hidden past offers a reason to keep looking beyond the danger in plain sight.
What you’ll discover
- A heroine under pressure Follow a young woman whose struggle to survive gives the danger a human center.
- Secrets beneath the surface Let hidden pasts draw you into a story that invites questions and close attention.
- Men who threaten harm Feel the suspense of a heroine facing dangerous men in a fight for survival.
- Victorian suspense and melodrama Enter a world of heightened peril, where uncertainty is part of the pleasure.
- Mystery meets romance Explore a novel that brings romantic fiction into the threatening world of a Victorian thriller.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy Victorian sensation novels, with poisonings, forged wills, haunted rooms and heroines of fierce will, will find plenty here, as will anyone who likes a love story wrapped around a mystery.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A lonely girl finds a kind stranger
- A death in the rose-colored room
- A blackmailer collects his price
- A dying baronet chooses a guardian
- The man from the theater is Cylmer
- A forged will and a dead man's money
- What Ismay overheard behind the bookshelves
- Love, a clue and a ring
- The frozen lake and a spiteful rival
Who’s who
- Ismay TrelaneA pale, dark-eyed green girl of seventeen, raised in poverty and neglect, who longs for love and will do almost anything to protect those she cares for.
- Mrs. Helen TrelaneIsmay's mother, a handsome adventuress born a Le Marchant, who lives by charm, debt and cunning and fears one man above all.
- Marcus WrayA clever, ugly barrister who deals in blackmail and forgery, and who wants the Le Marchant fortune and Ismay for himself.
- Miles CylmerA tall, warm-hearted landowner of Cylmer's Ferry, loved by many women, who is hunting for the killer of his friend Lord Abbotsford.
- Cristiane le MarchantThe red-haired young heiress of Marchant's Hold, adored and spoiled, who wants her father back and wants to keep every admirer.
- Sir Gaspard le MarchantCristiane's loving father, a baronet who has been told he is dying and wants to find a safe guardian for his daughter.
- Inspector DavidsA weary Scotland Yard officer who once carried a frightened child to bed and now has to decide whether to trust her.
- ThomasThe old butler of Marchant's Hold, loyal to the family and certain that a ghost plays the spinet upstairs.
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A friendless girl in a threadbare dress finds one kind man in London, then a murder that could hang her mother.
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Saved from Herself is a Victorian thriller by Adelaide Stirling, set in the London and country houses of a late nineteenth century England of music halls, hansom cabs and great estates. It tells of Ismay Trelane, a girl of seventeen with dark green eyes, a hungry childhood and a mother who would rather not have her at home.
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A lonely girl finds a kind stranger
The story begins in Brompton Square, where Mrs. Trelane is dressing for a visit from Lord Abbotsford. Her daughter Ismay has come home from a cheap boarding school, and now she wants the girl out of sight. Ismay, seventeen and dressed in shabby black serge, is told to keep away from the guest. The mother has spent her last money on dinners for the young lord and hopes to marry him for his title.
Refusing the bread and tea sent up on a tray, Ismay takes ten shillings and goes out into the November dark. She rides an omnibus to Piccadilly and buys a ticket at the Palace Theatre. The place is loud, smoky and full of men who stare at her. When a Frenchman speaks rudely to her, she sweeps away and hides at a balustrade.
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What is Saved from Herself about?
It is about Ismay Trelane, a neglected girl who is drawn into a nobleman's murder, a blackmailer's plot and a fight over a family fortune, while falling in love with the man who is hunting the killer.
Who is Marcus Wray in Saved from Herself?
He is a clever, unscrupulous barrister who blackmails Ismay's mother over stolen diamonds and forges a will. He wants the Le Marchant fortune and wants to marry Ismay, and he is the main villain.
Where does the novel take place?
The story moves between London, with its music halls, squares and Scotland Yard, and the country estate of Marchant's Hold, an old house with a lake, a terrace of stone lions and a haunted spinet.
The author
Adelaide Stirling
Novelist
Adelaide Stirling was a writer of late Victorian and Edwardian popular fiction, best known for romantic thrillers of the kind that filled circulating libraries. Her novels favor strong-willed heroines, dark secrets and sudden turns of fortune. The book shows its author's world in its London music halls, country estates and courtrooms.
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