She learns that her husband was involved in procuring original Greek antiquities, what is unclear are his motives.Īccording to Philip’s best friend, Colin Hargreaves, Philip was always an honorable man who would never deal in stolen artifacts. Not only did Philip love to hunt on the “Dark Continent”, he was a romantic at heart with a love for Emily she has no idea existed he also was a lover and collector of ancient antiquities and Greek literature.Īfter discovering his journals and interests, Emily begins to study Homer and ancient Greek herself. She soon discovers that Philip was in fact wildly interesting and very much in love with her.
Now that she is a widow, she finds she has even more freedom than she did as a wife.Īll of London society can’t stop singing the praises of Lord Ashford to Emily which makes her uncomfortable, but in an effort to at least try and morn the stranger she married, Emily listens to their stories. So when she receives word that her husband died on safari in Africa, she can hardly morn a man she barely knows.Įmily married Philip to escape the constraints of her family and hoped that marriage would provide that. Lady Emily Ashford is not in love with her new husband, the Viscount Philip Ashford.
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