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Cyrilla by Jemima Montgomery, Baroness Tautphoeus A tale of
intrigue, bigamy and sudden death in nineteenth-century The beautiful Cyrilla is destined by her family to marry her wealthy cousin Rupert. But both reject family pressure and wish to be free to make their own choices. By the time Rupert despairs of finding anyone who is not simply after his money, and at last recognises his love for Cyrilla, it is too late. Encouraged by her sentimental half-sister Melanie, Cyrilla has fallen for the handsome but sinister Count Zorndorff and made him promises she cannot escape. In this
tale of greed, bigamy and intrigue – based on a real-life case in
nineteenth-century Jemima
Montgomery was born in Donegal in 1805. She married Baron von Tautphoeus
of a noble Bavarian family and spent the rest of her life in and around
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