A review by suzannalundale
A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry

4.0

One of the things Anne Perry captures so well, from which most authors of Victoriana excuse themselves, is the stifling impotence that was a reality of daily existence for most groups in Victorian England. Unless one inhabited a very particular group of wealthy men - first sons, mind you - one could find oneself utterly at the mercy of someone in no way superior, except in rank. It's galling to the modern mind, and a discomfort sometimes important to experience, especially when the experience is vicarious.