"Lords and Ladies"

    Step into the candlelit ballrooms of colonial Virginia with "Lords and Ladies," the newest member-exclusive short story in History Through Fiction!

  When ambitious young lawyer Eldridge Shirley dons an aristocratic wig to win favor at a grand Williamsburg ball, he never expects to run into Louisa Taylor—the childhood friend who used to play at “duchess and duke” by his side.

   Their grown-up reunion, set against the backdrop of powdered wigs, whispered intrigues, and the subtle politics of Virginia cloth versus English silk, turns into a delicious battle of wits and flirtation.

   Will their game of pretend bridge the gulf of class and memory? Or will the real rules of society keep them apart?

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