The poor relations are back in this fifth addition to the series. It is typical among the gentry to stay in a hotel and to leave without paying. Colonel Sandhurst has volunteered to retrieve the amount owed to the hotel from the latest cheapskates. While attempting to do so, he encounters, Frederica, the lovely daughter of the family (who did not stay in the hotel) and he comes up with an idea. Frederica wants to run away from home because her father is going to make her marry a beast of a man. So the Colonel figures she can take shelter at the hotel and he can get money out of her father in order to secure her safe return to him. Once again the poor relations find themselves in a difficult situation. Can they help themselves and Frederica or will her wants and desires play second fiddle to their financial troubles? Read it, listen to it, either way you won't regret it.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue
Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue by M.C. Beaton Audio book 4 hours Book 152 pages
The poor relations are back in this fifth addition to the series. It is typical among the gentry to stay in a hotel and to leave without paying. Colonel Sandhurst has volunteered to retrieve the amount owed to the hotel from the latest cheapskates. While attempting to do so, he encounters, Frederica, the lovely daughter of the family (who did not stay in the hotel) and he comes up with an idea. Frederica wants to run away from home because her father is going to make her marry a beast of a man. So the Colonel figures she can take shelter at the hotel and he can get money out of her father in order to secure her safe return to him. Once again the poor relations find themselves in a difficult situation. Can they help themselves and Frederica or will her wants and desires play second fiddle to their financial troubles? Read it, listen to it, either way you won't regret it.
The poor relations are back in this fifth addition to the series. It is typical among the gentry to stay in a hotel and to leave without paying. Colonel Sandhurst has volunteered to retrieve the amount owed to the hotel from the latest cheapskates. While attempting to do so, he encounters, Frederica, the lovely daughter of the family (who did not stay in the hotel) and he comes up with an idea. Frederica wants to run away from home because her father is going to make her marry a beast of a man. So the Colonel figures she can take shelter at the hotel and he can get money out of her father in order to secure her safe return to him. Once again the poor relations find themselves in a difficult situation. Can they help themselves and Frederica or will her wants and desires play second fiddle to their financial troubles? Read it, listen to it, either way you won't regret it.
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