Mr Cavendish, I Presume 9781855343559 penniless Tom has little choice

penniless Tom has little choice but to accept his assurance of a lighter sentence

Longlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

making one-night stands in town after endless town

One day he finds the courage to follow his dreams into distant lands

Mr Cavendish, I Presume 9781855343559 penniless Tom has little choiceEngaged to the future Duke of Wyndham since she was just six months old, Amelia Willoughby is beginning to get tired of waiting for Thomas Cavendish, the oh so lofty duke, to decide it's finally time to get married. But as she watches him from afar, sharing the occasional dance and making polite conversation, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks about her at all . . . Thomas rather likes having a fiancee all the better to keep the husband