Girl of High Adventure
Girl of High Adventure
Marguerite St. Juste carries two inheritances: an Irish name from County Kerry and a French title stained with revolutionary blood. Orphaned and raised by indifferent relatives, she knows almost nothing about the family that came before her. When curiosity becomes obsession, she sets off across Ireland and France, tracing the tangled roots of her lineage through crumbling castles, long-buried secrets, and the shadow of the guillotine. What she finds will reshape everything she thought she knew about her parents, her purpose, and her place in the world. L. T. Meade was the undisputed queen of girls' adventure fiction, and this 1902 novel showcases her gift for combining romance, mystery, and pluck. Marguerite is no passive heroine waiting to be rescued; she boards trains, asks difficult questions, and refuses to accept that the past should stay buried. The story moves with satisfying urgency from the misty coasts of Kerry to the drawing rooms of Parisian aristocracy. It endures because it understands that for a young woman without family, the search for belonging is the greatest adventure of all.
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