Lydia Author:Clare Darcy On his arrival at one of his recently inherited estates, the fourth Viscount Northover is surprised to learn that a family from Louisiana have made themselves at home there. In his library he meets Miss Lydia Leyland, who engagingly confides that she has come to England to secure a rich husband. Amused, Lord Northover watches Lydia scheme and fl... more »irt with various wealthy men as the Leylands set out to assault London Society -- always at hand to pull her out of the scrapes into which her forthrightness and charm precipitate her. Then Mrs Leyland takes an unexpected hand in improving the family fortunes; Lydia's resourcefulness is tested to its limits; and Lord Northover is finally obliged to admit that a man may change his mind.« less