Rebel Heiress: the classic novel first published as LADY OF THE BUTTERFLIES - Softcover

"It is a rare talent in an author to be able to mix rigorous historical research with the narrative energies and imagination of a true novelist. Fiona Mountain brings all of these skills to her entrancing Lady of the Butterflies. A vivid and fascinating novel about an extraordinary woman, I was gripped from beginning to end." (Katie Hickman)

"Fiona Mountain is a major new talent in the field of historical fiction. This is history told with integrity, with an authentic feel for the period and vividly rounded characters. All the colours and textures of the seventeenth century are eloquently realised here, in wonderful detail, and against this backdrop is set a haunting and tragic narrative. I have come away from this book having learned much about Lady Eleanor Glanville, and butterflies, in the most entertaining way possible. I eagerly await Fiona Mountain`s next book" (Alison Weir)

"A fascinating story ... richly and brilliantly detailed and full of love" (Elizabeth Buchan)

"My heart ached as I read this book because I knew at some point I would have to finish it. From the very first sentence I was caught by this wonderful and enchanting story, with a heroine you fall totally in love with and a world that I wish I could live in myself. It is as bewitching and wondrous as butterflies themselves and will be treasured as a read I will never forget." (Emilia Fox)

"Lady of the Butterflies is an enjoyable, dramatic and intriguing tale that I found almost impossible to put down. It has a wonderful sense of period and well-observed, compelling characters who I really cared about. Love and passion, in their many forms, are at its heart and as an actress I was particularly drawn to Eleanor Glanville, a strong and emotional woman whose many joys and hardships I fully shared" (Thelma Barlow)

'Completely engrossing, a must for all who enjoy historical fiction' Choice Magazine

'Wonderful ...A read I will never forget' Emilia Fox

DANGEROUS TIMES

Born into a world seething with treachery and suspicion, Eleanor Glanville grows up on the Somerset Levels just after the English Civil Wars, heiress to her late mother's estates.

[small at the bottom below barcode box] Previously published as Lady of the Butterflies

A FATAL LOVE

Two great loves will lead her into terrible danger. One is her passion for the study of butterflies, then believed to be the souls of the dead. The other is the glamorous Royalist soldier who steals her heart as a girl. Eleanor Glanville's name lives on in the butterfly she discovered. This brilliant novel tells her extraordinary story for the first time.

'Rich and brilliant ... Fiona Mountain is an exceptional storyteller' The Lady

'I was gripped from beginning to end' Katie Hickman, author of The Aviary Gate