The Magnificent Masquerade

by Elizabeth Mansfield

Book Overview

When Kitty made the journey with her maid, Emily, to meet her husband-to-be, there seemed to be some question as to which lovely young lady was the bride, and which the conspiring domestic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441515681
• ISBN13: 9780441515684
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Changing identities isn't always a good idea!

"THE MAGNIFICENT MASQUERADE" by Elizabeth Mansfield 1994 Lord Birkenshaw was tired of his daughter's antics at school and decided it was time for her to marry. While at his club he met up with Gregory Wishart, Earl of Eagerton who was complaining about his brother who was just sent down from Cambridge, again. Lord Birkenshaw and Lord Edgerton decided the perfect solutionto their problem was that they should have Tobias ( the Earl of Edgerton's brother) marry Lord Birkenshaw's daughter, Miss Kitty Marchmont. Now Kitty wasn't your quiet compliant miss. She was told she was to go down to the Edgerton's Estate and Kitty was to meet her new fiancé before the wedding. What if she didn't like him? Well she had a great idea... There was a charity student, Emily at the school. If she could talk the headmistress into letting Emily accompany her, Kitty could trade places with Emily and check out Tobias without him knowing who she was..but was she cut out to be the servant?!!!. Happy Reading! Reading Genie

Most entertaining . I don't want the story to end so soon.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story of a mischievous and witty little imp of a school girl who was such a troublemaker and pain in the neck that her father decided to marry her off to the equally feisty brother of the Earl of Edgerton. It was arranged that Kitty Birkinshaw was to spend a fortnight at the Earl's estate to enable the young couple to get to know each other. The ever inventive Kitty switched place with her abigail in a scheme to get out of this arranged marriage. However, Kitty, used to the position of giving command, was too spirited and unruly to be a totally submissive servant. Her sharp tongue and impertinence drew the attention of the Earl and later he deduced from her personality and the scrapes she got herself into that she must be Birkinshaw's wild,trouble-making daughter in disguise.He was besotted but repressed the feeling and Ketty was also in love with the Earl. This brazen, saucy little girl, knowing that the Earl would never offer for a servant girl, had the nerve to offer to be his mistress. The story is hilarious and titillating and of course ended happily.I love the story. I love the characters -- the heroine is so cute and endearing and the hero equally appealling. I wish the story were longer with more escapades by the feisty heroine.Don't miss this