Elegy For Eddie Author:Jacqueline Winspear A Maisie Dobbs NovelCharles Dickens would have recognized the sad story of Maudie Pettit, a 16-year-old rape victim who gives birth to her son Eddie in a stable with Bess the mare as her only witness. — In a sensitive book that spans the years from the late-19th century through World War I to the gathering clouds of World War II, Jacqueline Winsp... more »ear has dipped deeply into the miseries of poverty in a brutal era. And for perhaps the first time in the series, the leading character the Maisie Dobbs series, finds herself questioning her passion for control in business and personal relationships.« less