The Invader

At Professor Fletcher’s dinner, a life-size portrait seems to take possession of the room. Then Milly Flaxman is dressed to resemble its scandalous subject, and every eye turns to her.

Oxford in the 1880s prizes scholarship, wit and polished manners—but an old portrait can unsettle them all. Milly, a young scholar who has already won a First in Mods and hopes to do the same in Greats, has spent years trying to live up to her aunt’s example. Now the likeness to Lady Hammerton draws her into a story of beauty, learning and scandal, while Ian Stewart watches with new interest. Is Milly only echoing the woman on the wall, or might she claim a life entirely her own?

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