The Daughters of Blaine Author:Harriet Smart Three young ladies with more beauty and charm than Isabel, Leonora and Vivien Buchanan, daughter of the Laird of Blaine, would be hard to find. Their marriage prospects are exception and Isabel is already engaged to a duke. But she is secretly uncertain about the man she is to marry, while Vivien, younger and more independent, has always resiste... more »d the destiny allotted to women of her class. Marriage to a radical politician seems to offer her what she seeks, but time and changing ideals can temper the deepest passion. Only Leonora, spoiled and extravagant, is ready to settle for a conventional marriage. But a rich and titled husband is no guarantee of happiness. Set aside the turbulent events of the 1890s, moving from Edinburgh and London to a Venetian palazzo to the battlefields of the Boer War, this is the story of three young women who refuse fit society's mold.« less