Bronte's Mistress: A Novel by Finola Austin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1843. Mrs Lydia Robinson is returning to her home, Thorp Green Hall, after the funeral of her mother. But what is there for her, as a seemingly passionate Victorian wife in now a cold marriage. But on her arrival she finds that her husband has employed Branwell Bronte as tutor to their son.
I don't believe that you can like Lydia, but maybe understand her and her position, the constraints that ladies of the time lived by. This is Lydia's story from her point of view.
A well-written and interesting historical story.
An ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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