Birds of Prey

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Birds of Prey includes: Book I: Fatal friendship – The House in Bloomsbury; Philip Sheldon Reads The “Lancet”; Mr. And Mrs. Halliday; A Perplexing Illness; The Letter from the “Alliance” Office; and Mr. Burkham’s Uncertainties. Book II: The Two Macaires – A Golden Temple; The Easy Descent; and “Heart Bare, Heart Hungry, Very Poor”. Book III: Heaping Up Riches – A Fortunate Marriage; Charlotte; George Sheldon’s Prospects; Diana Finds A New Home; At The Lawn; The Compact of Gray’s Inn; Aunt Sarah; Charlotte Prophesies Rain; and Mr. Sheldon on the Watch. Book IV: Valentine Hawkehurst’s Record – The Oldest Inhabitant; Matthew Haygarth’s Resting-Place; and Mr. Goodge’s Wisdom. Book V: Relics of the Dead -Betrayed by a Blotting-Pad; Valentine Invokes the Phantoms of the Past; Hunting the Judsons; and Glimpses of a Bygone Life. Book VI: The Heiress of the Haygarths – Disappointment; Valentine’s Record Continued; Arcadia; In Paradise; Too Fair to Last; and Found in the Bible. Book VII: Charlotte’s Engagement – “In Your Patience Ye Are Strong”; Mrs. Sheldon Accepts Her Destiny; Mr. Hawkehurst and Mr. George Sheldon Come to an Understanding; Mr. Sheldon is Propitious; Mr. Sheldon is Benevolent; Riding the High Horse; Mr. Sheldon is Prudent; and Christmas Peace.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a British famous writer of the Victorian times. She is highly recognized for her 1862 awe-inspiring novella Lady Audley’s Secret.

Mary Elizabeth was born in London and privately tutored. Her mother Fanny disunited from her father Henry, when Mary was only 5 years old. At the age of 10, her sibling Edward Braddon departed for India and then Australia, where he was Premier of Tasmania. She performed as an actress for 3 years when she was made friends with Clara and Adelaide Biddle. They were just performing inferior stints yet Mary could provide for herself and her mother.
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