My Lady Clancarty : $b being the true story of the Earl of Clancarty and Lady Elizabeth Spencer

"My Lady Clancarty: Being the True Story of the Earl of Clancarty and Lady Elizabeth Spencer" by Mary Imlay Taylor is a historical novel set in the early 1900's that follows Lady Elizabeth "Betty" Clancarty who is the daughter of an influential earl. The book is about Lady Betty navigating her feelings about her exiled husband, Earl of Clancarty, whom she barely knows. The book is about love, loyalty, and the pressure of society as Lady Betty attempts to handle her family's demands amidst the political issues surrounding her husband. The novel opens with Lady Betty walking around her family's estate with her handmaid, Alice, as the talk about Betty's sadness about her husband's absence. While Lady Betty is presented as lively, she feels sad about her future and thinks about her strange marriage. As Betty and Alice talk about her husband and her family’s views on politics, the tension surrounding Lady Betty's loyalty to Clancarty is apparent, setting the scene for future drama, romance, and conflicts.