Marie Belloc Lowndes

[from dj flap] Mrs. Belloc Lowndes here appears in an entirely new guise, in a story of humor, sentiment and charm. In this latest story by the author of "Jenny Newstead," "The Lodger," and "Letty Lynton" there are no masked lodgers, no alarms and excursions. The book relates the episodes both grave and gay in the life of a Duchess who is even greater by nature than she is by position. Duchess Laura is wealthy, human and deeply concerned in the circumstances of her friends. A friendly busy-body, she exercises her tact in handling delicate situations and her gentle interventions, though they sometimes cause everybody anxiety, will win the sympathy and delight of every admirer of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' penetrating pen. One enthusiastic English critic, in reviewing this book writes of Mrs. Lowndes, "There has been nobody like her since Trollope."