The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot Nevil Shute storming impregnable fortresses from the

storming impregnable fortresses from the Aegean through to India

happy family

the daughter of a local innkeeper renowned far beyond the Lakes as the 'Maid of Buttermere' for her beauty

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The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot Nevil Shute storming impregnable fortresses from theMeg Eliot is the wife of a successful barrister and with that comes a lovely home in Westminster, cocktail parties and a round of charity committees. She is the model wife and her life is one of ease, contentment and privilege. All that changes though when she is suddenly left widowed after a senseless tragedy. Totally alone she is thrust into a struggle to reconstruct her life as she realises that she doesn't really know who she is anymore or who she