Isabella

Based on truth, this first novel of romance and suspense tells the haunting love story of Fletcher Christian and Isabella Curwen and answers many of the mysteries that have always surrounded the mutiny on the Bounty.

Fabulous plot based on a true story. First cousins Isabella Curwen and Fletcher Christian were forbidden to marry, despite their passion. He took part in the mutiny on the Bounty leaving her to guard their secret

With this blend of history, romance and suspense, you'll find yourself swept away

Delightful debut novel ... an intriguing love story based on real life mysteries

Anybody interested in the Mutiny or just enjoying a good story will find plenty to please them here. This is a haunting story that lingers in the mind long after reading; the sure sign of a satisfying book

Picture Mel Gibson on the streets of Workington and Cockermouth, starring in a new romantic blockbuster to rival Titanic

Full of mystery, suspense, chilling legends, shifting mists, sombre bell peals and shadowy rowing boats, Fiona Mountain's novel is hard to put down and a fascinating read

Fiona Mountain was a press officer at BBC Radio 1 for ten years and is the author of four novels. She lives in the Cotswolds with her family and is working on her next book, Cavalier Queen, based on the life of Charles I's queen, Henrietta Maria.

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An epic 18th-century historical romance from the author of the celebrated Rebel Heiress 
 
Fletcher Christian and Isabella Curwen are first cousins who grow up together in the Lake District; kindred spirits who, like Heathcliff and Cathy, are bound to fall in love. But Isabella is promised to another cousin, John, and Fletcher, dashing though he is, comes from the poor side of the family. 
 
When Isabella, an only child and heir to the Curwen fortune, inherits and John becomes her guardian, he and her relations conspire to prevent her and Fletcher's union. Isabella marries John; Fletcher joins the Navy and later signs on for the Bounty voyage. And the rest, you might think, is history. In fact, it is only the first act in the drama of Fletcher and Isabella - for love cannot be denied forever.

the classic novel first published as LADY OF THE BUTTERFLIES

Rebel Heiress

In a tradition which stretches from Daphne du Maurier's The King's General to Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl and Alison Weir's Innocent Traitor, this glorious historical novel is based on the life of the great seventeenth-century entomologist, Eleanor Glanville.

It is a rare talent in an author to be able to mix rigorous historical research with the narrative energies and imagination of a true novelist. Fiona Mountain brings all of these skills to her entrancing Lady of the Butterflies. A vivid and fascinating novel about an extraordinary woman, I was gripped from beginning to end.

Fiona Mountain is a major new talent in the field of historical fiction. This is history told with integrity, with an authentic feel for the period and vividly rounded characters. All the colours and textures of the seventeenth century are eloquently realised here, in wonderful detail, and against this backdrop is set a haunting and tragic narrative. I have come away from this book having learned much about Lady Eleanor Glanville, and butterflies, in the most entertaining way possible. I eagerly await Fiona Mountain`s next book

A fascinating story ... richly and brilliantly detailed and full of love

My heart ached as I read this book because I knew at some point I would have to finish it. From the very first sentence I was caught by this wonderful and enchanting story, with a heroine you fall totally in love with and a world that I wish I could live in myself. It is as bewitching and wondrous as butterflies themselves and will be treasured as a read I will never forget.

Lady of the Butterflies is an enjoyable, dramatic and intriguing tale that I found almost impossible to put down. It has a wonderful sense of period and well-observed, compelling characters who I really cared about. Love and passion, in their many forms, are at its heart and as an actress I was particularly drawn to Eleanor Glanville, a strong and emotional woman whose many joys and hardships I fully shared

Rich and brilliant ... Fiona Mountain is an extraordinary talent, an impressive writer and an exceptional storyteller

Fiona Mountain has written a powerful and sexually charged novel set in the shadow of the English Civil War. Lady of the Butterflies is a fascinating historical novel capturing the life of Eleanor Glanville, a woman of terrific scientific discipline and worldly passion. Eleanor's life is one of personal upheaval and her story is set in the Somerset Marshlands that face social and agricultural revolution. Mountain's novel describes Eleanor's discovery of the Glanville Fritillary, a rare butterfly that reflects Eleanor's immense strength, beauty and frailty. It's a brilliant historical novel filled with fascinating detail and stunning imagery

Well written, beautifully descriptive and completely engrossing, it's a must for all who enjoy historical fiction

The author of this wonderful book has done impeccable research and through her skilful writing we feel all of Eleanor's passions and dilemmas ... Whenever I see a butterfly, I shall think of this book

This story of science and witchcraft is just the sort of thing reading groups love.

An unashamedly romantic and sweeping historical romp

Mixing historical research with the imagination of a true novelist, Mountain brings this fascinating story to life

Fiona Mountain was a press officer at BBC Radio 1 for ten years. She is the author of three previous novels, but only returned to writing after the birth of her four children. She lives in the Cotswolds with them and her husband, a musician. She is already working on her next novel, based on the life of Charles I's queen, Henrietta Maria.

Born into a world seething with treachery and suspicion, Eleanor Goodricke grows up on the Somerset Levels just after the English Civil Wars, heiress to her late mother's estates and daughter of a Puritan soldier who fears for his brilliant daughter with her dangerous passion for natural history - and for butterflies in particular. 
 
Her reckless courage will take her to places where no woman of her day ever dared to go. Her fearless ambition will give her a place in history for all time. But it is her passionate heart which will lead her into a consuming love - and mortal peril.

Fiona Mountain

You will be captivated until the last page

This is the sort of history lesson we can get on board with. Set in the 17th century, Cavalier Queen charts the moving true story of Queen Henrietta ... Fascinating, gripping and educational

A wonderfully extravagant and engrossing saga told in an engaging and effective style. Highly recommended

Henrietta Maria lived through turbulent times as the country plunged into civil war and 17th century England comes to colourful life through the eyes of an author to watch

Dazzling and sumptuous...Cavalier Queen, with its magical mix of the personal and the historical, puts romance into a royal marriage, passion into a proud princess and fresh drama into the demise of a doomed and tragic king. A thrilling and romantic story from a talented new author in the world of historical fiction.

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She was the Princess Diana of her day. 
 
She loved clothes and jewels and parties. She had exquisite taste in interior design. She seemed destined to reign as one of England's most glamorous queens, famed for the beautiful palaces she designed and decorated. 
 
Instead, Princess Henrietta Maria of France became caught up in the Civil War, one of the greatest cataclysms in English history. Swept from her life of luxury into the squalid brutality of battle and the loneliness of exile, her heart was torn by the two men she loved - her husband, tragic Charles I and charismatic Harry Jermyn, who designed and built most of London's West End, including the street which bears his name. 
 
This is their story.

Fiona Mountain

Praise for Cavalier Queen

You will be captivated until the last page

This is the sort of history lesson we can get on board with. Set in the 17th century, Cavalier Queen charts the moving true story of Queen Henrietta ... Fascinating, gripping and educational

A wonderfully extravagant and engrossing saga told in an engaging and effective style. Highly recommended

You will be captivated until the last page

This is the sort of history lesson we can get on board with. Set in the 17th century, Cavalier Queen charts the moving true story of Queen Henrietta ... Fascinating, gripping and educational

A wonderfully extravagant and engrossing saga told in an engaging and effective style. Highly recommended

You will be captivated until the last page

This is the sort of history lesson we can get on board with. Set in the 17th century, Cavalier Queen charts the moving true story of Queen Henrietta ... Fascinating, gripping and educational

A wonderfully extravagant and engrossing saga told in an engaging and effective style. Highly recommended

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