Inspired by Surrey’s historic Ham House estate and its former inhabitants, Juliet Landon takes listeners back to 17th-century England for this delicious tale. The Duchess of Lauderdale dotes on her young neighbor, Phoebe, and would like to see her good and married. But the man the Duchess has in mind—her husband’s secretary—hasn’t been in Phoebe’s favor since he accidentally slighted her years before.
