Physical description

257p. ; Title page missing ; Front cover advertises 'Pioneer Jellies', rear cover advertises 'Empire Self-raising Flour'. Advertisements are examples of nineteenth century advertising and illustrate the use of books to cross-promote a range of products.
Bookbinder's details 'T. Craig, 268 Post Office Place, Melbourne', printed lower ths on front end paper.
Handwritten on several pages 'Linton Free Library'

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Stamp 'T. Craig Post Office Place, Melbourne'

Summary

In Seaforth, a child’s quiet world among painted memories becomes the stage for a family’s hidden turmoil. A lonely girl finds solace in a gallery of old portraits, especially the grave, kindly face of Godfrey, Earl of Seaforth. As the tale follows generations of the Seaforths, it reveals how love, longing, and duty clash with pride, secrecy, and a search for belonging. - Meet a noble lineage where wealth, status, and inheritance shape every choice. - Explore a child’s inner life as she seeks comfort and understanding from paintings that seem alive. - See how jealousy, pride, and rivalry ripple through use-and-abandonment, exile, and the scattering of a once-proud house. - Follow the rise of choices that echo across decades, testing loyalty and shaping futures. Ideal for readers who enjoy historical family sagas that blend intimate feeling with the grandeur and constraints of aristocratic life. The book invites you to walk through a gallery of memories and uncover how past hurts mold present choices