Melbury Square Author:Dorothy Eden Spanning the years from the pre-World War I period to the present, it tells the dramatic story of a great beauty, Maud Lucie, the reigning debutante of London's fashionable Melbury Square at a time when nothing was more important than the next ball. — Already famous as the daughter and model of one of the leading portrait painters of the day,... more » Maud waltzes through her first session as a favorite of the King himself, who monopolizes her at ball after ball. It is expected that she will conclude the season with a brilliant titled marriage -- but it is not to be so. Both idolized and dominated by her flamboyant father, Maud finds her search for love and happiness thwarted at every turn.« less