Read more American and her unhappy niece, a shady radical peer, and a brutal aristocrat are only some of the characters in this, one of Trollope's most engaging novels: part sensation fiction, part detective story, part political satire, and part ironic romance. A pompous Under-Secretary of State, an exploitative and acquisitive. Her cousin Frank, Tory MP and struggling barrister, loyally assists her, to the distress of his fiancée, Lucy Morris. Her determination to hold on to the Eustace family's diamond necklace in the face of legal harassment by her brother-in-law's solicitor entangles her in a series of crimes - apparent and real - and contrived love-affairs. Clean copy with minor shelf wear 'She liked lies.To lie readily and cleverly, recklessly and yet successfully, was, according to the lessons which she had learned, a necessity in a woman' Lizzie Eustace is young, beautiful, and widowed. Hugely engaging, the novel is also a highly revealing study of Victorian Britain. Lizzie Eustace's determination to hold on to a fabulous diamond necklace entangles her in a web of deceit that involves her cousin and his fiancee in a story that is part sensation fiction, part detective novel, part political satire and part romance. LibriVox recordings of other novels in the series are available:Ī recording of The Prime Minister, the fifth novel in the series, underway.įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.Description for The Eustace Diamonds Paperback. This is the third of Trollop's six "Palliser" novels. On the one hand, the diamonds are a valuable heirloom to which Lizzie may not have a legal claim, but on the other, they do not want to antagonize the mother of the heir to the family estate (Lizzie having only a life interest).Meanwhile, after a respectable period of mourning, Lizzie searches for another husband, and "the plot thickens".
The Eustaces find themselves in an awkward position. Lizzie attempts to hold onto them, much to the irritation of the longtime family lawyer, Mr Camperdown. The diamonds of the book's title are a necklace, a Eustace family heirloom that Sir Florian gave to Lizzie to wear. Before he dies, the disillusioned Sir Florian discovers all this, but does not think to change the generous terms of his will. While clever and beautiful, Lizzie has several character flaws the greatest of these is an almost pathological delight in lying, even when it cannot benefit her. Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace, is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. LibriVox recording of The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollop, read by LibriVox volunteers.
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