📖 peek insideBringing Down the Duke
by Evie Dunmore
Annabelle Archer is a brilliant but impoverished scholar who earns a scholarship to Oxford on the condition that she supports the burgeoning women's suffrage movement. Her mission involves recruiting influential men to the cause, leading her to the cold and powerful Duke of Montgomery. As they clash over politics and social standing, an undeniable attraction develops. This debut novel is praised for its intelligent protagonist, historical accuracy regarding the Victorian era, and the sizzling chemistry between its two strong-willed leads.
A well-known book with a dedicated readership.
Notable Quotes
"Perhaps you can explain it to me, then,” she said, “how is it fair that my utterly inept cousin is in command of me, for no reason other than that he’s a man and I’m a woman? How is it fair that I master Latin and Greek as well as any man at Oxford, yet I am taught over a baker’s shop? How is it fair that a man can tell me my brain was wired wrong, when his main achievement in life seems to be his birth into a life of privilege? And why do I have to beg a man to please make it his interest that I, too, may vote on the laws that govern my life every day?"
"Perhaps this is not a question of staying out of trouble, Your Grace. Perhaps this is about deciding on which side of history you want to be."
"Darling," he said, "I have only begun to love you."
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