Minerva

<p><b>Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin series</b><br><br>Raven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency England, announces that raven-haired Minerva, the eldest of his six daughters, is to have her coming-out in London, the news is not well received by the rest of the family. Mrs. Armitage has one of her Spasms and has to be brought round by burning a quantity of feathers under her nose. Annabelle, the nearest in age to Minerva, is clearly jealous, the boys are all surly, and the other girls just start off crying. <br><br>Minerva is despatched to Town under the wing of the disreputable old Lady Godolphin. Her task - to find a rich husband and thereby restore the ailing family fortunes. <br><br><b>But the other five daughters will all get their chance, because <i>Minerva</i> is but the first volume in The Six Sisters series by Marion Chesney.</b></p>