Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter

A Marvelous Light by Freya Markse

Sunday, June 25th, at 4:30 pm Pacific/7:30 pm Eastern

Our June book club read is the charming A Marvelous Light, by Freya Marske. An engaging tale of mystery and romance in an alternative Edwardian England, this novel is sure to keep fans of comedies of manners glued to the page!

A happy reminder that you do not have to finish the book to attend book club but there may be spoilers

Madame Askew hosts book club on zoom and the link will be posted the day of the event. Whenever possible, book club also streams directly to our Facebook page.

Goodreads Blurb:

Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes: including a magic-infused murder mystery and a delightful queer romance.

For fans of Georgette Heyer or Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton, who’d like to welcome magic into their lives . . .

Young baronet Robin Blyth thought he was taking up a minor governmental post. However, he’s actually been appointed parliamentary liaison to a secret magical society. If it weren’t for this administrative error, he’d never have discovered the incredible magic underlying his world.

Cursed by mysterious attackers and plagued by visions, Robin becomes determined to drag answers from his missing predecessor – but he’ll need the help of Edwin Courcey, his hostile magical-society counterpart. Unwillingly thrown together, Robin and Edwin will discover a plot that threatens every magician in the British Isles.